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* IllGirl: The female protagonist gets terminally ill and dies at the end. This is what [[ItWasHisSled is most famously known]] about the book / movie, even though it actually doesn't happen until the very end, and the vast majority of the book / movie are about the love story.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At Eric and Olga's wedding celebration, Olga's father dances energetically with her to the ''Radetsky March'' by Johann Strauss I, but he then collapses into a chair, visibly struggling for breath. A few months later, he falls ill and dies.
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* CharacterSignatureSong: Olga's father enjoys singing along with Strauss' ''"Radetsky March"'', only adding the words ''"Tits & Ass"'' to the refrain.
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* BoomHeadshot: Eric's first fantasy about killing Olga and her boyfriend ends with him shooting her in the forehead after bludgeoning her boyfriend to death.
* CharacterSignatureSong: Olga's father enjoys singing along with Strauss'''"Radetsky March"'', ''Radetsky March'', only adding the words ''"Tits "Tits & Ass"'' Ass" to the refrain.
* CharacterSignatureSong: Olga's father enjoys singing along with Strauss'
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* TheFunInFuneral: In an ImagineSpot Eric suddenly sees his deceased father in law singing and laughing along to the tune of the "Radetsky March" on top of his coffin while it is lowered into the ground.
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* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with Eric, nude from the waist down, lying sprawled on his bed in his messy, filthy sculpture studio. After a sequence in which he indulges in first violent, then sexual fantasies, then cleans up his studio and has a series of animalistic sexual encounters with random women, we flash back two years to see how his relationship with Olga led to the literal and figurative mess in which we found him at the beginning of the film.
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* TheFaceless: Eric's statue of a woman holding a baby in her raised arms is ceremonially unveiled by HM Queen Juliana, who is played by an uncredited actress seen only from behind.
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* TheFunInFuneral: In an ImagineSpot Eric suddenly sees his diseased father in law singing and laughing along to the tune of the "Radetsky March" on top of his coffin while it is lowered into the ground.
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* ShownTheirWork: At about 31 minutes into the film, [[https://youtu.be/scB0Dvw3gFo?t=1870 a scene takes place]] that happens around dawn in a city in the Western part of the Netherlands. Anyone who really lives there, can attest that the bird sounds featured in this scene (most prominently, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_blackbird Eurasian Blackbird]] singing), are exactly as they happen in real-life.
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* SceneryCensor: In-universe, when the dignitaries at the unveiling of Eric's statue see that Olga's dress exposes her nipples after she removes her jacket, they hastily direct the marching band to stand in front of Eric and Olga so that Queen Juliana does not see them.
* ShownTheirWork: At about 31 minutes into the film, [[https://youtu.be/scB0Dvw3gFo?t=1870 a scene takes place]] that happens around dawn in a city in the Western part of the Netherlands. Anyone who really livesthere, there can attest that the bird sounds featured in this scene (most prominently, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_blackbird Eurasian Blackbird]] singing), singing) are exactly as they happen in real-life.
* ShownTheirWork: At about 31 minutes into the film, [[https://youtu.be/scB0Dvw3gFo?t=1870 a scene takes place]] that happens around dawn in a city in the Western part of the Netherlands. Anyone who really lives
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Turkish Delight (''Turks Fruit'' in the original Dutch title of the novel and film) is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the similarly-titled novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers.Jan Wolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a tragicomic RomanticComedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity, just like in the novel. It became an international box office success and it was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands and those of lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique van de Ven.
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* FloatingHeadSyndrome: Not on the poster pictures as seen above this [=TvTropes=] page, but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Delight_(1973_film)#/media/File:Turkish_Delight_(film).jpg on the DVD cover]]: the two main characters heads are really floating and tacked-onto the background.
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Turkish Delight (''Turks Fruit'' in the original Dutch title of the novel and film) is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the similarly-titled novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a tragicomic RomanticComedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity--just nudity, just like in the novel, by the way--and therefore novel. It became an international box office success. It success and it was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands and those of lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique van de Ven.
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Olga's brain malfunctions in the hospital and she is never quite the same again. Despite visiting her in the hospital Eric does not get a chance to say goodbye to her because she is mentally unable to understand him. ]]
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Olga's brain malfunctions in the hospital and she is never quite the same again. Despite visiting her in the hospital Eric does not get a chance to say goodbye to her because she is mentally unable to understand him. ]]]]
* ObnoxiousInLaws:
** A PlayedForDrama, or even Played for Horror, example: Eric's mother-in-law / Olga's mother. She hates Eric (ostensibly, because Eric isn't rich enough to her tastes; but the real reason (especially in the book, where it's more explicit than in the film) is, she doesn't allow Olga any happiness, or to be loved, out of envy), and is actively trying to destroy Eric & Olga's marriage - ultimately, successfully [[note]]Though as noted under TruthInTelevision, Olga's separating Eric in hindsight was even more caused by Olga's behavior changes due to a brain tumor, than to her mother's meddling.[[/note]].
** Inverted for Eric's father-in-law / Olga's fater, who Eric gets along with very well and has lots of fun with (more clearly in the book than in the film), and who also treats Olga much better than her mother.
* ObnoxiousInLaws:
** A PlayedForDrama, or even Played for Horror, example: Eric's mother-in-law / Olga's mother. She hates Eric (ostensibly, because Eric isn't rich enough to her tastes; but the real reason (especially in the book, where it's more explicit than in the film) is, she doesn't allow Olga any happiness, or to be loved, out of envy), and is actively trying to destroy Eric & Olga's marriage - ultimately, successfully [[note]]Though as noted under TruthInTelevision, Olga's separating Eric in hindsight was even more caused by Olga's behavior changes due to a brain tumor, than to her mother's meddling.[[/note]].
** Inverted for Eric's father-in-law / Olga's fater, who Eric gets along with very well and has lots of fun with (more clearly in the book than in the film), and who also treats Olga much better than her mother.
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* TruthInTelevision: Olga, at a certain point in her up until then happy marriage with Eric, suddenly starts acting weird, erratic and out-of-person - which leads up to Olga separating from Eric. At the end, she turns out to have a brain tumor - and in Real Life, brain tumors are known, if they are located in the frontal lobe, to affect a person's personality and behavior before giving the person physical complaints. The location of the operation scar on Olga's head as shown in the movie, indicates her tumor ''was'' located in the frontal lobe - by FridgeLogic totally explaining her strange behavior.
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** In the book, it's made really clear just how much of an abusive mother and wife Olga's mother has been / still is; how much mutual hatred there is between Eric and Olga's mother / his mother-in-law; and how well, in contrast, Eric and Olga's father / his father-in-law ''did'' get along. Because this is mostly left out of the film, the scene at [[spoiler:Olga's father's funeral where Eric [[ImagineSpot imagines]] Olga's father singing along the Radetzky March on his own coffin]], can easily come across as Played for Laughs, or as an Acid Sequence - while in reality, it's really tragic, as the point of it is, that [[spoiler:Olga's mother arranges a funeral service for Olga's father that is not true at to the person he was,]], but is entirely modeled after what [[ItsAllAboutMe Olga's mother herself wants]].
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** In the book, it's made really clear just how much of an abusive mother and wife Olga's mother has been / still is; how much mutual hatred there is between Eric and Olga's mother / his mother-in-law; and how well, well Eric, in contrast, Eric and Olga's father / his father-in-law ''did'' get along. along with Olga's father / his father-in-law. Because this is mostly left out of the film, the scene at [[spoiler:Olga's father's funeral where Eric [[ImagineSpot imagines]] Olga's father singing along the Radetzky March on his own coffin]], can easily come across as Played played for Laughs, laughs, or as an Acid Sequence - while in reality, it's really tragic, as the point of it is, that [[spoiler:Olga's mother arranges a funeral service for Olga's father that is not true at to the person he was,]], was]], but is entirely modeled after what [[ItsAllAboutMe Olga's mother herself wants]].
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** In the book, it's made really clear just how much of an abusive mother and wife Olga's mother has been / still is; how much mutual hatred there is between Eric and Olga's mother / his mother-in-law; and how well, in contrast, Eric and Olga's father / his father-in-law ''did'' get along. Because this is mostly left out of the film, the scene at [[spoiler:Olga's father's funeral where Eric [[ImagineSpot imagines]] Olga's father singing along the Radetzky March on his own coffin]], can easily come across as Played for Laughs, or as an Acid Sequence - while in reality, it's really tragic, as the point of it is, that [[spoiler:Olga's mother arranges a funeral service for Olga's father that is not true at to the person he was,]], but is entirely modeled after what [[ItsAllAboutMe Olga's mother herself wants]].
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* AdaptationDistillation: In the book, a major plot point is how Olga's mother had had breast cancer, and undergone a breast amputation, during Olga's youth, which had instilled a phobia for cancer in Olga. This background is left out in the movie. Consequently, a scene early in the movie where Olga totally freaks out screaming "I have cancer!" when seeing she has red poop, and then discovering it is just due to having eaten beets instead of cancer, comes across as played for laughs (and doesn't become harsher in hindsight until she gets a brain tumor at the end of the movie). Knowing the background of the character, and her real fear of cancer, explains a lot about this scene and makes it much harsher.
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** In the book, a major plot point is how Olga's mother had had breast cancer, and undergone a breast amputation, during Olga's youth, which had instilled a phobia for cancer in Olga. This background is left out in the movie. Consequently, a scene early in the movie where Olga totally freaks out screaming "I have cancer!" when seeing she has red poop, and then discovering it is just due to having eaten beets instead of cancer, comes across as played for laughs (and doesn't become harsher in hindsight until she gets a brain tumor at the end of the movie). Knowing the background of the character, and her real fear of cancer, explains a lot about this scene and makes it muchharsher.harsher.
** Also left out of the movie, as noted under "STDImmunity" below, is any reference to birth control. In the book, in addition to a phobia for cancer she had a phobia for pregnancy, and avoiding pregnancy was a big point in her and Eric's relationship, thus this matter was addressed.
** In the book, a major plot point is how Olga's mother had had breast cancer, and undergone a breast amputation, during Olga's youth, which had instilled a phobia for cancer in Olga. This background is left out in the movie. Consequently, a scene early in the movie where Olga totally freaks out screaming "I have cancer!" when seeing she has red poop, and then discovering it is just due to having eaten beets instead of cancer, comes across as played for laughs (and doesn't become harsher in hindsight until she gets a brain tumor at the end of the movie). Knowing the background of the character, and her real fear of cancer, explains a lot about this scene and makes it much
** Also left out of the movie, as noted under "STDImmunity" below, is any reference to birth control. In the book, in addition to a phobia for cancer she had a phobia for pregnancy, and avoiding pregnancy was a big point in her and Eric's relationship, thus this matter was addressed.
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* AdaptationDistillation: In the book, a major plot point is how Olga's mother had had breast cancer, and undergone a breast amputation, during Olga's youth, which had instilled a phobia for cancer in Olga. This background is left out in the movie. Consequently, a scene early in the movie where Olga totally freaks out screaming "I have cancer!" when seeing she has red poop, and then discovering it is just due to having eaten beets instead of cancer, comes across as played for laughs (and doesn't become harsher in hindsight until she gets a brain tumor at the end of the movie). Knowing the background of the character, and her real fear of cancer, explains a lot about this scene and makes it much harsher.
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Olga wears her hair loose in most of the film, during experiencing her True Love affair with Eric. When she first meets Eric again after leaving him, she, contrastingly, wears it tightly bound up in a bun - which coincides with her leaving him and having an affair with another man. Later she runs into him again, and this time she has dyed her naturally dark-blonde hair, strawberry blonde - something Eric points out, and this coincides with them (and the viewer) discovering she has a brain tumor.
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* ColorMotif: Eric remarkably often wears orange clothes in the movie, and the drapes in his apartment are orange too.
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* InterruptedIntimacy: Eric and Olga's wedding night is interrupted several times by her falling asleep early and people bringing them mail, flowers and presents in the early morning.
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* InterruptedIntimacy: IllGirl: The female protagonist gets terminally ill and dies at the end. This is what [[ItWasHisSled is most famously known]] about the book / movie, even though it actually doesn't happen until the very end, and the vast majority of the book / movie are about the love story.
* InterruptedIntimacy:
** Eric and Olga's wedding night is interrupted several times by her falling asleep early and people bringing them mail, flowers and presents in the earlymorning. morning.
** Later when they are separated and Eric visits her at her mother's home, they are in the midst of having sex when her mother walks in on them.
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** Eric and Olga's wedding night is interrupted several times by her falling asleep early and people bringing them mail, flowers and presents in the early
** Later when they are separated and Eric visits her at her mother's home, they are in the midst of having sex when her mother walks in on them.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Eric.
* GroinAttack: Eric has sex with Olga in her car, then gets his scrotum stuck between his zipper. They go to a farmer and Olga borrows some pliers to cut the zipper open.
** It wasn't his scrotum, it was his foreskin. The novel is clear about this. [[note]]Note that in Europe, men (except Muslim or Jewish men) are almost never circumcised.[[/note]]
* GroinAttack: Eric has sex with Olga in her car, then gets his scrotum stuck between his zipper. They go to a farmer and Olga borrows some pliers to cut the zipper open.
** It wasn't his scrotum, it was his foreskin. The novel is clear about this. [[note]]Note that in Europe, men (except Muslim or Jewish men) are almost never circumcised.[[/note]]
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* ShownTheirWork: At about 31 minutes into the film, [[https://youtu.be/scB0Dvw3gFo?t=1870 a scene takes place]] that happens around dawn in a city in the Western part of the Netherlands. Anyone who really lives there, can attest that the bird sounds featured in this scene (most prominently, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_blackbird Eurasian Blackbird]] singing), are exactly as they happen in real-life.
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''Turkish Delight'' is seen as one of the most important Dutch films of all time and was voted to be the "Best Dutch film ever" during a 1999 Dutch poll by the Netherlands Film Festival. In 1973 it was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Film", but lost to Film/LaNuitAmericaine by Creator/FrancoisTruffaut.
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''Turkish Delight'' is seen as one of the most important Dutch films of all time and was voted to be the "Best Dutch film ever" during a 1999 Dutch poll by the Netherlands Film Festival. In 1973 it was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Foreign Language Film", but lost to Film/LaNuitAmericaine ''Film/DayForNight'' by Creator/FrancoisTruffaut.
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* GroinAttack: Eric has sex with Olga in her car, then gets his scrotum stuck between his zipper. They go to a farmer and Olga borrows some pliers to cut the zipper open.
** It wasn't his scrotum, it was his foreskin. The novel is clear about this. [[note]]Note that in Europe, men (except Muslim or Jewish men) are almost never circumcised.[[/note]]
** It wasn't his scrotum, it was his foreskin. The novel is clear about this. [[note]]Note that in Europe, men (except Muslim or Jewish men) are almost never circumcised.[[/note]]
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* ShareTheMalePain: Eric [[spoiler: has sex with Olga in her car, then gets his scrotum stuck between his zipper. They go to a farmer and Olga borrows some pliers to cut the zipper open.]]
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is very much a typical early 1970s film in fashion, style and attitude. Eric and Olga's free love and free sex behavior seems very irrational and dangerous in less innocent decades of today.
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''Turkish Delight'' ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a tragicomic RomanticComedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity--just like in the novel, by the way--and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands and those of lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven.
On the surface ''Turkish Delight'' appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's snobbish mother, who dissaproves of Erik's poverty.
On the surface ''Turkish Delight'' appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's snobbish mother, who dissaproves of Erik's poverty.
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''Turkish Delight'' ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a tragicomic RomanticComedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity--just like in the novel, by the way--and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands and those of lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van van de Ven.
On the surface ''Turkish Delight'' appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (MoniqueVan van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik Eric is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's snobbish mother, who dissaproves disapproves of Erik's Eric's poverty.
On the surface ''Turkish Delight'' appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Olga's brain malfunctions in the hospital and she is never quite again the same. Despite visiting her in the hospital Eric is unable to say goodbye to her because of she is mentally unable to understand him. ]]
* OralFixation: Olga still thumbsucks to go to sleep.
* RomanticRain: The most iconic image of this film shows Eric and Olga sitting on the side of the road during heavy rainfall, while drinking wine.
* ShareTheMalePain: Eric [[spoiler: has sex with Olga in her car, then gets his penis stuck between his zipper. They go to a farmer and Olga borrows a scissor to cut the zipper open.]]
* OralFixation: Olga still thumbsucks to go to sleep.
* RomanticRain: The most iconic image of this film shows Eric and Olga sitting on the side of the road during heavy rainfall, while drinking wine.
* ShareTheMalePain: Eric [[spoiler: has sex with Olga in her car, then gets his penis stuck between his zipper. They go to a farmer and Olga borrows a scissor to cut the zipper open.]]
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Olga's brain malfunctions in the hospital and she is never quite again the same. same again. Despite visiting her in the hospital Eric is unable does not get a chance to say goodbye to her because of she is mentally unable to understand him. ]]
* OralFixation: Olga stillthumbsucks thumb-sucks to go to sleep.
* RomanticRain: The most iconic image of this film shows Eric and Olga sitting on theside of the road sidewalk during heavy rainfall, while drinking wine.
* ShareTheMalePain: Eric [[spoiler: has sex with Olga in her car, then gets hispenis scrotum stuck between his zipper. They go to a farmer and Olga borrows a scissor some pliers to cut the zipper open.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: Despite loving Olga in a charming and moving way Eric is still a bit of an asshole. He just does what he feels like and insults, fights or intimidates everyone he happens to dislike. Even Olga is sometimes mistreated by his impulsive mood swings.
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"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a tragicomic RomanticComedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands and those of lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven.
On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's snobbish mother, who dissaproves of Erik's poverty.
"Turkish Delight" is seen as one of the most important Dutch films of all time and was voted to be the "Best Dutch film ever" during a 1999 Dutch poll by the Netherlands Film Festival. In 1973 it was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Film", but lost to Film/LaNuitAmericaine by Creator/FrancoisTruffaut.
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"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a tragicomic RomanticComedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands and those of lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven.
On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's snobbish mother, who dissaproves of Erik's poverty.
"Turkish Delight" is seen as one of the most important Dutch films of all time and was voted to be the "Best Dutch film ever" during a 1999 Dutch poll by the Netherlands Film Festival. In 1973 it was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Film", but lost to Film/LaNuitAmericaine by Creator/FrancoisTruffaut.
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''Turkish Delight'' ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a tragicomic RomanticComedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and
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On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's snobbish mother, who dissaproves of Erik's poverty. [[spoiler: Also, Olga starts acting strangely and when Eric catches her flirting with a businessman he violently trashes their family dinner and she leaves him. Eric is still obsessed about Olga, who eventually marries an American businessman. Many years later they meet again and a happy reunion seems on the horizon, but Olga collapses and turns out to have a brain tumor. Eric brings her turkish delight- the only thing she will eat in fear of breaking her teeth- but eventually she dies of her illness.]]
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On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's snobbish mother, who dissaproves of Erik's poverty. [[spoiler: Also, Olga starts acting strangely and when Eric catches her flirting with a businessman he violently trashes their family dinner and she leaves him. Eric is still obsessed about Olga, who eventually marries an American businessman. Many years later they meet again and a happy reunion seems on the horizon, but Olga collapses and turns out to have a brain tumor. Eric brings her turkish delight- the only thing she will eat in fear of breaking her teeth- but eventually she dies of her illness.]]
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"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a RomanticComedy and tragicomedy.tragicomic RomanticComedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands and those of lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven.
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"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a RomanticComedy and tragicomedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands. Lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven's careers were also launched by this film.
"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a RomanticComedy and tragicomedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands. Lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven's careers were also launched by this film.
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"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a RomanticComedy and tragicomedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the
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"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands. Lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven's careers were also launched by this film.
On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's mother, who is a snobbish phony who dissaproves of Erik's poverty. Also, Olga starts acting strangely and when Eric catches her flirting with a businessman he violently trashes their family dinner and she leaves him. Eric is still obsessed about Olga, who eventually marries an American businessman. Many years later they meet again and a happy reunion seems on the horizon, but Olga collapses and turns out to have a brain tumor. Eric brings her turkish delight- the only thing she will eat in fear of breaking her teeth- but eventually she dies of her illness.
On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's mother, who is a snobbish phony who dissaproves of Erik's poverty. Also, Olga starts acting strangely and when Eric catches her flirting with a businessman he violently trashes their family dinner and she leaves him. Eric is still obsessed about Olga, who eventually marries an American businessman. Many years later they meet again and a happy reunion seems on the horizon, but Olga collapses and turns out to have a brain tumor. Eric brings her turkish delight- the only thing she will eat in fear of breaking her teeth- but eventually she dies of her illness.
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"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a RomanticComedy and tragicomedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands. Lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven's careers were also launched by this film.
On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga'smother, who is a snobbish phony mother, who dissaproves of Erik's poverty. [[spoiler: Also, Olga starts acting strangely and when Eric catches her flirting with a businessman he violently trashes their family dinner and she leaves him. Eric is still obsessed about Olga, who eventually marries an American businessman. Many years later they meet again and a happy reunion seems on the horizon, but Olga collapses and turns out to have a brain tumor. Eric brings her turkish delight- the only thing she will eat in fear of breaking her teeth- but eventually she dies of her illness. \n]]
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"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The story is a cross between an EroticFilm and a RomanticComedy and tragicomedy. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands. Lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven's careers were also launched by this film.
On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's
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* AllWomenAreLustful: Virtually every young woman Eric meets falls for him and agrees to have sex with him, despite being quite blunt and rude when asking them to do so.
* AutoErotica: Eric and Olga's first make love in her car.
* AutoErotica: Eric and Olga's first make love in her car.
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* ClingyHusband: Eric loves Olga obsessively.
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* CultSoundtrack: The mouth harmonica soundtrack by Belgian jazz musician Toots Thielemans has become iconic.
* CultSoundtrack: The mouth harmonica soundtrack by Belgian jazz musician Toots Thielemans has become iconic.
* DoYouWantToCopulate: Eric gets right to the point when he asks women to go to bed with him.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Even when Olga is terminally ill, lost all her hair and is mentally unstable (screaming, kicking) Eric still visits her in the hospital.]]
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Even when Olga is terminally ill, lost all her hair and is mentally unstable (screaming, kicking) Eric still visits her in the hospital.]]
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* {{Fanservice}}: The film has a lot of hot sex scenes. Both Olga and Eric are really good looking.
* TheFunInFuneral: In an ImagineSpot Eric suddenly sees his diseased father in law singing and laughing along to the tune of the "Radetsky March" on top of his coffin while it is lowered into the ground.
* GreenEyedMonster: Eric.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Eric and Olga's wedding night is interrupted several times by her falling asleep early and people bringing them mail, flowers and presents in the early morning.
* TheLostLenore: Olga.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Eric hitchhikes along with Olga. Within minutes of meeting they decided to have sex in the car.
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* MagnificentBastard: Despite loving Olga in a charming and moving way Eric is still a bit of an asshole. He just does what he feels like and insults, fights or intimidates everyone he happens to dislike. Even Olga is sometimes mistreated by his impulsive mood swings.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Eric.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Olga's brain malfunctions in the hospital and she is never quite again the same. Despite visiting her in the hospital Eric is unable to say goodbye to her because of she is mentally unable to understand him. ]]
* OralFixation: Olga still thumbsucks to go to sleep.
* RomanticRain: The most iconic image of this film shows Eric and Olga sitting on the side of the road during heavy rainfall, while drinking wine.
* ShareTheMalePain: Eric [[spoiler: has sex with Olga in her car, then gets his penis stuck between his zipper. They go to a farmer and Olga borrows a scissor to cut the zipper open.]]
* STDImmunity: Despite Eric being somewhat of a womanizer and having unprotected sex with Olga multiple times no mentioning of STD's or accidental pregnancies are mentioned.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Eric's impulsive behaviour burns a lot of bridges.
* TragicRomance
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is very much a typical early 1970s film in fashion, style and attitude. Eric and Olga's free love and free sex behaviour seems very irrational and dangerous in less innocent decades of today.
* TheFunInFuneral: In an ImagineSpot Eric suddenly sees his diseased father in law singing and laughing along to the tune of the "Radetsky March" on top of his coffin while it is lowered into the ground.
* GreenEyedMonster: Eric.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Eric and Olga's wedding night is interrupted several times by her falling asleep early and people bringing them mail, flowers and presents in the early morning.
* TheLostLenore: Olga.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Eric hitchhikes along with Olga. Within minutes of meeting they decided to have sex in the car.
* LoveHurts:
* MagnificentBastard: Despite loving Olga in a charming and moving way Eric is still a bit of an asshole. He just does what he feels like and insults, fights or intimidates everyone he happens to dislike. Even Olga is sometimes mistreated by his impulsive mood swings.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Eric.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Olga's brain malfunctions in the hospital and she is never quite again the same. Despite visiting her in the hospital Eric is unable to say goodbye to her because of she is mentally unable to understand him. ]]
* OralFixation: Olga still thumbsucks to go to sleep.
* RomanticRain: The most iconic image of this film shows Eric and Olga sitting on the side of the road during heavy rainfall, while drinking wine.
* ShareTheMalePain: Eric [[spoiler: has sex with Olga in her car, then gets his penis stuck between his zipper. They go to a farmer and Olga borrows a scissor to cut the zipper open.]]
* STDImmunity: Despite Eric being somewhat of a womanizer and having unprotected sex with Olga multiple times no mentioning of STD's or accidental pregnancies are mentioned.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Eric's impulsive behaviour burns a lot of bridges.
* TragicRomance
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is very much a typical early 1970s film in fashion, style and attitude. Eric and Olga's free love and free sex behaviour seems very irrational and dangerous in less innocent decades of today.
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"Turkish Delight" ("Turks Fruit") is a 1973 film directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, based on the novel by Dutch author Creator/JanWolkers. The film is notorious for featuring a lot of sex and nudity- just like in the novel, by the way- and therefore became an international box office success. It was Verhoeven's breakthrough film that launched his career in the Netherlands. Lead actors Creator/RutgerHauer and Monique Van de Ven's careers were also launched by this film.
On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's mother, who is a snobbish phony who dissaproves of Erik's poverty. Also, Olga starts acting strangely and when Eric catches her flirting with a businessman he violently trashes their family dinner and she leaves him. Eric is still obsessed about Olga, who eventually marries an American businessman. Many years later they meet again and a happy reunion seems on the horizon, but Olga collapses and turns out to have a brain tumor. Eric brings her turkish delight- the only thing she will eat in fear of breaking her teeth- but eventually she dies of her illness.
"Turkish Delight" is seen as one of the most important Dutch films of all time and was voted to be the "Best Dutch film ever" during a 1999 Dutch poll by the Netherlands Film Festival. In 1973 it was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Film", but lost to Film/LaNuitAmericaine by Creator/FrancoisTruffaut.
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* CharacterSignatureSong: Olga's father enjoys singing along with Strauss' ''"Radetsky March"'', only adding the words ''"Tits & Ass"'' to the refrain.
* ClingyHusband: Eric loves Olga obsessively.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Olga dies of a tumor. The end.]]
* EroticFilm: Despite some full frontal nudity and sensual sex scenes "Turkish Delight" is not a vulgar porn film, as many viewers seem to expect. It's a very romantic and tragic love story.
On the surface "Turkish Delight" appears to be nothing more than an EroticFilm, but there's in fact a strong and tragic love story going on. Graphic artist and sculptor Eric (Rutger Hauer) falls in love with the young and naïve Olga (Monique Van de Ven) with whom he has several sex scenes. They have a close mental and physical connection and eventually marry. Yet Erik is a stubborn and sometimes impulsive and aggressive man who doesn't really get along with Olga's mother, who is a snobbish phony who dissaproves of Erik's poverty. Also, Olga starts acting strangely and when Eric catches her flirting with a businessman he violently trashes their family dinner and she leaves him. Eric is still obsessed about Olga, who eventually marries an American businessman. Many years later they meet again and a happy reunion seems on the horizon, but Olga collapses and turns out to have a brain tumor. Eric brings her turkish delight- the only thing she will eat in fear of breaking her teeth- but eventually she dies of her illness.
"Turkish Delight" is seen as one of the most important Dutch films of all time and was voted to be the "Best Dutch film ever" during a 1999 Dutch poll by the Netherlands Film Festival. In 1973 it was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Film", but lost to Film/LaNuitAmericaine by Creator/FrancoisTruffaut.
!!Turkish tropes:
* CharacterSignatureSong: Olga's father enjoys singing along with Strauss' ''"Radetsky March"'', only adding the words ''"Tits & Ass"'' to the refrain.
* ClingyHusband: Eric loves Olga obsessively.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Olga dies of a tumor. The end.]]
* EroticFilm: Despite some full frontal nudity and sensual sex scenes "Turkish Delight" is not a vulgar porn film, as many viewers seem to expect. It's a very romantic and tragic love story.
