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Turkish Delight

Turkish Delight

A real love story.

19736.81h 48m

Overview

Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.

Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by Gerard Soeteman, Jan Wolkers
Produced by Rob Houwer
Box OfficeBudget: $250K0

Top Cast

Monique van de Ven

Monique van de Ven

Olga Stapels

Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer

Erik Vonk

Tonny Huurdeman

Tonny Huurdeman

Mrs Stapels

Wim van den Brink

Wim van den Brink

Stapels

Hans Boskamp

Hans Boskamp

Store manager

Dolf de Vries

Dolf de Vries

Dr Paul Kruithof

Manfred de Graaf

Manfred de Graaf

Henny

Dick Scheffer

Dick Scheffer

Accountant

Marjol Flore

Marjol Flore

Tineke Elffers

Bert Dijkstra

Bert Dijkstra

Hospital official

Themes & Keywords

adulterybrain tumorbad mother-in-lawcoming of agelovehitchhikerdomestic violencemarital rapestar crossed loverssculptorterminal cancerturkishindependent filmromantic drama

About Turkish Delight

Turkish Delight is a drama, romance film released in 1973 exploring themes of adultery, brain tumor, bad mother-in-law, coming of age, love, hitchhiker. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, it stars Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman. Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.

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