Sam Pek Eng Tay (1931)
- Directed by
- The Teng Chun
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Dutch East Indies
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy girl and a poor boy fall in love but face tragedy. It is based on a Chinese legend about two lovers who cannot be together.
tragicromanticnostalgicmelancholicsimpleold-fashioneddoomed
What happens
Sam Pek Eng Tay (Chinese: 山伯英台; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: San-pek Eng-tâi) is a 1931 film directed and produced by The Teng Chun and released in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It is based on the Chinese legend The Butterfly Lovers, which follows the doomed love between a rich girl and a commoner boy. The film was a commercial success, inspiring The Teng Chun to direct several further films based on Chinese mythology. The name derives from the given names of the legend's two main characters, Liang Shanbo (Nio Sam Pek) (梁山伯) and Zhu Yingtai (Giok Eng Tay) (祝英台). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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