Njai Dasima (1929)
- Original title
- Njai Dasima (I)
- Directed by
- Lie Tek Swie
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Dutch East Indies
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A wealthy mistress in the Dutch East Indies is manipulated and betrayed by a greedy horse-cart driver. The film shows her downfall and the consequences of greed and deceit.
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What happens
Njai Dasima (Perfected Spelling: Nyai Dasima) is a 1929 silent film from the Dutch East Indies (modern day Indonesia). It details the fall of a rich mistress at the hands of a greedy delman driver. The first film released by Tan's Film, the film – adapted from an 1896 novel – was a critical and commercial success. It was released in two parts, followed by a sequel, and remade another two times by 1940. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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