The Turkish Cucumbers

{{Infobox film

| name =The Turkish Cucumbers

| image = The Turkish Cucumbers.jpg

| caption =

| director = Rolf Olsen

| producer = K. Gordon Murray

| writer = {{ubl|Peter Loos|Rolf Olsen|Gunther Philipp}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Gunther Philipp|Oskar Sima|Susi Nicoletti}}

| music = Werner Scharfenberger

| cinematography = Walter Tuch

| editing = Karl Aulitzky

| studio = Bavaria Film

| distributor = Bavaria Film

| released = {{Film date|1962|03|22|df=yes}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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.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.