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Dasima (1940)

Dasima poster
Directed by
Tan Tjoei Hock
Genre
drama film
Country
Dutch East Indies
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This film tells the story of a woman named Dasima from the Dutch East Indies period. It follows her personal life and the relationships around her as adapted from a popular novel.

classicalseriousrestrainedearnestmelodramaticsoberhistoricalsentimental

What happens

Dasima is a 1940 film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) directed by Tan Tjoei Hock and produced by The Teng Chun. It is the third adaptation of G. Francis' 1896 novel Tjerita Njai Dasima. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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