Date: 1973
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Production Company: Verenigde Nederlandsche Filmcompagnie
(VNF)
Stars:
Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman,
Wim van der Brink, Hans Boskamp, Dolf de Vries, Manfred de Graaf,Dick Scheffer,
Marjol Flore, Bert Dijkstra
Storyline:
Eric, a sculptor living in the Netherlands, wakes up recalling a disturbing
dream. In the following scenes, he is frantically picking up random women from
the streets and taking them back to his studio for sex. However, he is clearly
distressed about something, and it turns out that this is the aftermath of his
relationship with Olga. The movie recounts this relationship.
Olga picks him up when he is hitchhiking and
they hit it off immediately, both sexually and mentally. Their relationship is
opposed by Olga's mother who feels that a Bohemian sculptor
who earns little from occasional commissions, is an unsuitable match, although
the father is more sympathetic. Nevertheless, they get married, and Olga's
family accepts him.
They begin living together but Olga starts acting
strangely. She goes into a reverie on her production line job and, at a party organized
by her family, she flirts with a businessman. Eric slaps her and she leaves
him. Eric trashes his studio, destroying anything that reminded him of Olga.
This brings the movie to the point where it opened, ending the flashback.
Eric is still obsessed with Olga, but sees her only
occasionally. She acts more and more outrageously, often in the presence of
other men. Her family refuses to let Eric visit her, until he says he has come
to arrange a divorce. After a while, Olga marries an American businessman but
later returns from the United States to the Netherlands.
One day Eric bumps into Olga who is flamboyantly dressed
and acting oddly. She collapses and is taken to the hospital, where she is
diagnosed as having a brain tumor. Surgical intervention is attempted
but could not remove all of it. It becomes clear that she will die. Eric brings
her Turkish delight, which is the only thing she
will eat, as she is afraid that harder food will break a loose tooth, although
it has been fixed. Soon after, she has a seizure and dies.
Additional information:
During the thunderstorm, when Eric is walking towards
Olga who is standing outside in the rain, the reflection of a spotlight
providing "lightning" can be seen on the surface of the door.
Turkish delight is the most successful films in Dutch
history. At the time, it was one of the most talked about films, with people
joining crowds in front of the cinema. To date, it is, with 3,338,000 visitors,
the best-attended Dutch film of all time.
1973 2021
Location: Prins Hendrikkade, right in front of Victoria Hotel, Amsterdam
Location: Prins Hendrikkade right in front of Victoria Hotel, Amsterdam
Location: Intersection Prins Hendrikkade and Damrak, Amsterdam
Location: Van Beuningenplein 103, Amsterdam
Location: Oudezijds Voorburgwal 195-199, Amsterdam
Location: Damsquare direction of Damrak, Amsterdam
Location: Vijzelstraat, Amsterdam
Location: Albert Cuypstraat, Amsterdam
Location: Van Beuningenplein 103, Amsterdam
Location: Van Beuningenplein 103, Amsterdam
Location: Waalseilandbrug, Buiten Bantammerstraat, Amsterdam
Location: Van Beuningenplein 103, Amsterdam
Location: Van Beuningenplein 103, Amsterdam
Location: Van Beuningenplein 103, Amsterdam
Location: Van Beuningenplein 103, Amsterdam
Location: Van Beuningenplein 103, Amsterdam
Location: Damrak, Amsterdam
Location: Entrance Bijenkorf, Papenburgsteeg, Amsterdam
