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Turkish Delight
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Turks fruit is a 1973 Dutch romance and drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven. The screenplay was written by Gerard Soeteman and Jan Wolkers, with music composed by Rogier van Otterloo. Produced by Rob Houwer through Verenigde Nederlandsche Filmcompagnie (VNF) and Rob Houwer Film Holland, the movie features Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, David Rappaport, and Hans Boskamp. Jan de Bont served as the director of photography.
The narrative is set in the Netherlands and centers on a brain tumor. Filming took place in Amsterdam. The film has a runtime of 108 minutes and was released on February 22, 1973, with subsequent releases in June, August, and October of that year. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The film carries an R rating and includes themes of adultery, coming of age, and a bad mother-in-law.
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Film · TMDB
6.9Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.
Cast
- Monique van de Ven as Olga Stapels
- Rutger Hauer as Erik Vonk
- Tonny Huurdeman as Mrs Stapels
- Wim van den Brink as Stapels
- Hans Boskamp as Store manager
- Dolf de Vries as Dr Paul Kruithof
Themes
- adultery
- brain tumor
- bad mother-in-law
- coming of age
- love
- hitchhiker
- domestic violence
- marital rape
- star crossed lovers
- sculptor
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
12,109 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
- Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- erotic film
- Country of origin
- Netherlands
- Original language
- Dutch
- Main subject
- brain tumor
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Screenwriter
- Jan Wolkers
- Composer
- Rogier van Otterloo
- Producer
- Rob Houwer
- Cinematographer
- Jan de Bont
- Narrative location
- Netherlands
- Filming location
- Amsterdam
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 476092
- Image
- Rutger Hauer en Monique van de Ven (1972).jpg
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 1989-12-02
- title
- Turks fruit
- Commons category
- Turkish Delight (1973 film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.1/10
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