The Turkish Cucumbers

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 Turkish Cucumbers
Directed byRolf Olsen
Written by
  • Peter Loos
  • Rolf Olsen
  • Gunther Philipp
Produced byK. Gordon Murray
Starring
CinematographyWalter Tuch
Edited byKarl Aulitzky
Music byWerner Scharfenberger
Production
company
Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
22 March 1962
Running time
96 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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
  • Ernst Waldbrunn as Pospischil, Detektiv
  • Willy Schultes as Mittermeyer
  • Monica Berger as Suleika, Haremsdame
  • Dora Carras as Rosa, Dienstmädchen
  • Sergio Casmai as Niki, Ponys Verehrer
  • Gabriele Clonisch as Pony König
  • Angela Hartmann as Yasmina, Haremsdame
  • Harry Hertzsch as Standesbeamter
  • Angelina Monti as Faida, Haremsdame
  • Charly Mueller as Engelberg Grün, Fabrikant
  • Ilse Petri as Petra, seine Frau
  • Edith Peters as Mahila, Haremsdame
  • Barbro Svensson as Lill
  • Brigitte Wentzel as Pamina, Haremsdame

References

  1. Ingraham p.149

Bibliography

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