---
title: 'Turkish Delight (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Paul Verhoeven'
released: '1973-02-22'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Netherlands'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/turkish-delight-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070842/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Turkish Delight (1973)

1973 · 107 min · Drama, Romance · Netherlands

Original title: Turks fruit

## Synopsis

Turkish Delight 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Paul Verhoeven](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-verhoeven)
- **Screenplay:** [Jan Wolkers](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-wolkers), [Gerard Soeteman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-soeteman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rogier van Otterloo](https://cinepixo.com/people/rogier-van-otterloo)
- **Producer:** [Rob Houwer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-houwer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan de Bont](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-de-bont)
- **Editor:** [Jan Bosdriesz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-bosdriesz)

## Cast

- [Hans Boskamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-boskamp)
- [Maartje Seyferth](https://cinepixo.com/people/maartje-seyferth)
- [Jaap van Donselaar](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaap-van-donselaar)
- [Ad Noyons](https://cinepixo.com/people/ad-noyons)
- [Suze Broks](https://cinepixo.com/people/suze-broks)
- [Tonny Huurdeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonny-huurdeman)
- [Dolf de Vries](https://cinepixo.com/people/dolf-de-vries)
- [Johan te Slaa](https://cinepixo.com/people/johan-te-slaa)
- [Rutger Hauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rutger-hauer)
- [Monique van de Ven](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-van-de-ven)
- [Joost Prinsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joost-prinsen)
- [Marjol Flore](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjol-flore)
- [Reinier Heidemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinier-heidemann)
- [Hans Kemna](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-kemna)
- [David Rappaport](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-rappaport)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/turkish-delight-1973
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