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Kris Mataram (1940)

Kris Mataram poster
Directed by
Njoo Cheong Seng
Genre
drama film
Country
Dutch East Indies
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A pair of lovers are kept apart by differences in social standing. This is a drama based on class division.

periodromanticclass-strugglesimple-pacingdramaticearnestmelodramatic

What happens

Kris Mataram is a 1940 film from the Dutch East Indies that was directed by Njoo Cheong Seng and starred Fifi Young and Omar Rodriga as two lovers divided by class. Young's feature film debut, the film was the first produced by Oriental Film and depended on Young's stardom as a stage actress to attract viewers. It may be a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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