Roesia si Pengkor (1939)

Directed by

The Teng Chun

Genre

drama film

Country

Dutch East Indies

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman is targeted by dishonest suitors. Her beloved and a man called Si Pengkor work to save her from them.

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What happens

Roesia si Pengkor ([ruˈsia siˈ peŋˈkor]; Perfected Spelling: Rusia si Pengkor, Indonesian for Secret of the Clubfoot), also known as Hadji Saleh, is a 1939 film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) which was directed and produced by The Teng Chun for his Java Industrial Film. Starring Da'ing, Bissu, and Hadidjah, this black-and-white film followed a young woman who is saved from deceptive suitors by her beloved and a man known as "Si Pengkor". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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