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Oh Iboe (1938)

Oh Iboe poster
Directed by
The Teng Chun
Genre
drama film
Country
Dutch East Indies, Indonesia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family struggles after the mother dies. The story follows their suffering and loss.

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What happens

Oh Iboe (Perfected Spelling: Oh Ibu; literally Oh Mother) is a 1938 film from the Dutch East Indies. Directed by The Teng Chun and starring Lo Tjin Nio and Bissu, it followed a suffering of a family after the matriarch dies. The film was one of several produced by The which dealt with modern stories, following Gadis jang Terdjoeal the year before. It is likely lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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