Turkish Delight

Based On the book by Jan Wolkers

Turkish Delight (Dutch: Turks fruit) is a 1973 Dutch erotic romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by Gerard Soeteman, based on the 1969 novel Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers. It is a love story of an artist and a young woman, and was the film debut of both of its stars, Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven. Turkish Delight is the most successful film in the history of Dutch cinema. The film was a massive success at the Dutch box office; according to Alle Record, 3,338,000 people saw the film, while the Netherlands Film Festival puts it at 3.5 million, corresponding to about 26% of the population of the Netherlands at the time.

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Release date:

February 22, 1973

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Cast:

Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, David Rappaport, Hans Boskamp, Dolf de Vries

Genre:

Romance, Drama, Erotic

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Year page:

1973 in adaptations