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Overview

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7.2/10   3,255 votes
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Director:
Paul Verhoeven
Writers:
Gerard Soeteman (writer)
Jan Wolkers (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
September 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Sort of a cross between "Love Story" and an earthy Rembrandt painting, this movie stars Rutger Hauer as a gifted Dutch sculptor who has a stormy... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
Verhoeven Continues WW2 Fetish
 (From ioncinema. 21 July 2008)

User Comments:
Voted the best Dutch film of the 20st century... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Monique van de Ven ... Olga Stapels

Rutger Hauer ... Eric Vonk, the sculptor
Tonny Huurdeman ... Olga's mother
Wim van den Brink ... Olga's father
Hans Boskamp ... Winkelchef
Dolf de Vries ... Paul
Manfred de Graaf ... Henny
Dick Scheffer ... Accountant
Marjol Flore ... Tineke
Bert Dijkstra ... Civil servant
Bert André
Jon Bluming
Paul Brandenburg
Suze Broks
David Conyers
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Eric and Olga (USA) (poster title)
The Sensualist (UK)
Turkish Delight (USA) (video title)
Wild Intent (UK) (video title)
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Runtime:
112 min
Country:
Netherlands
Language:
Dutch
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) | Finland:K-18 | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (uncut) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Ireland:(Banned) | Argentina:18 | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:X (self applied) | Norway:(Banned) (1973-2003) (cinema release)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
All cars driven by the actors are from the British Leyland Consortium. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The level of "poisoned" gin on the beach changes from high to low and back to high as scene changes. more
Quotes:
Eric Vonk: I screw better than God. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Diep (2005) more

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19 out of 29 people found the following comment useful:-
Voted the best Dutch film of the 20st century..., 12 April 2004
8/10
Author: Mark Hoogland (manicm@hotmail.com) from Alkmaar

In a survey committed in 2000, the Dutch people voted this groundbreaking movie to best the best national movie of the past century. I can do nothing but agree with that. Although the story is quite simple and maybe even a bit of a cliché (boy meets girl basically), the underlying themes, the perfect mix of comedy and drama, the dialogues and the portrayal of time and the stunningly beautiful music make this a masterpiece.

I can understand why people from out of the Netherlands might not like the movie. Subtitles would not do any justice to the sharp and funny dialogue, and the way the atmosphere of Amsterdam is shown in this movie is so natural and realistic, you can't help but feel nostalgic towards a decade in which you weren't even born yet! Besides that, you have to place this movie in it's time. There is a lot of graphic nudity and foul language in Turks Fruit, which really shocked the audiences three decades ago. If it wouldn't have been released until now, it wouldn't have had the social impact it did back then.

If you know the backgrounds of the movie and of the time in which it was first released, this revolutionary, emotional love-story won't let you down.

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