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Rubber (1936)

Rubber poster
Directed by
Gerard Rutten
Genre
drama film
Country
Netherlands
Runtime
1h 46m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A newlywed Dutch couple struggles to adapt to the hardships of life on a rubber plantation in Sumatra. The film shows their difficult adjustment to a foreign and demanding environment.

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What happens

Rubber is a 1936 Dutch film directed by Johan De Meester and Gerard Rutten. It tells the story of Dutch newlyweds trying to adjust to a difficult life on a Sumatran plantation. A large portion of the film is believed to be lost; a 63-minute fragment remains in the archives of the Dutch Film Museum. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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