Alang-Alang (1939)

Directed by

The Teng Chun

Genre

drama film

Country

Dutch East Indies, Indonesia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man goes on a journey to rescue his sweetheart who has been taken by a bandit. The film is an adventure with romance inspired by the Tarzan movies.

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What happens

Alang-Alang (taken from the Indonesian word for blady grass) is a 1939 film from the Dutch East Indies. Starring Mohamad Mochtar and Hadidjah, it follows a young man in his quest to rescue his love from a bandit. Inspired by the Tarzan film series and shot in a period of one month with borrowed animals, the film was a commercial success and credited as a factor in the solidification of the Indies' film industry, as well as helping jump start the Malaysian and Singaporean ones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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