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The Turkish Cucumbers
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Wikipedia article
'The Turkish Cucumbers' (German: 'Die trkischen Gurken') is a 1962 West German comedy film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Gunther Philipp, Oskar Sima and Susi Nicoletti.Ingraham p.149
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.
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* Chrys Ingraham. 'White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture'. Routledge, 1999.
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