The Turkish Cucumbers

The Turkish Cucumbers
The Turkish Cucumbers
Directed by	Rolf Olsen
Written by	; Rolf Olsen; Gunther Philipp;
Produced by	K. Gordon Murray
Starring	Gunther Philipp; Oskar Sima; Susi Nicoletti;
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by
Production; company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	22 March 1962
Running time	96 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Turkish Cucumbers (German: Die türkischen Gurken) is a 1962 West German comedy film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Gunther Philipp, Oskar Sima and Susi Nicoletti.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.

Synopsis[]

A fruit and vegetable wholesaler who does a great deal of business with the Middle East is disturbed to discover that one of his clients has gifted him a harem. He tries to keep this secret from his wife by pretending that the new arrivals are Turkish cucumbers, but she becomes increasingly suspicious.

Cast[]

Gunther Philipp as Siegfried König, Zahnarzt
Oskar Sima as Oskar Schnabel
Susi Nicoletti as Susanne, seine Gattin
Ruth Stephan as Ruthlinde, beider Tochter
Walter Gross as Theo-Maria Neumann
Hubert von Meyerinck as Rubin y Soliman
as Pospischil, Detektiv
as Mittermeyer
as Suleika, Haremsdame
as Rosa, Dienstmädchen
as Niki, Ponys Verehrer
as Pony König
as Yasmina, Haremsdame
as Standesbeamter
as Faida, Haremsdame
as Engelberg Grün, Fabrikant
Ilse Petri as Petra, seine Frau
Edith Peters as Mahila, Haremsdame
Barbro Svensson as Lill
as Pamina, Haremsdame

References[]

^ Ingraham p.149

Bibliography[]

Chrys Ingraham. White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture. Routledge, 1999.

External links[]

The Turkish Cucumbers at IMDb

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[1] Ingraham p.149

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