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Anak Perawan di Sarang Penjamun (1962)

Anak Perawan di Sarang Penjamun poster
Directed by
Usmar Ismail
Genre
drama film
Country
Indonesia
Runtime
2h 11m
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A young woman is kidnapped by bandits and unexpectedly falls in love with their leader. The story follows her changing feelings and the conflicts that arise.

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What happens

Anak Perawan di Sarang Penjamun (Perfected Spelling: Anak Perawan di Sarang Penyamun; literally The Virgin in the Robbers' Nest) is a 1962 Indonesian film directed and produced by Usmar Ismail for PERFINI. Starring Bambang Hermanto and Nurbani Yusuf, it follows a young woman who is kidnapped by a group of bandits, only to fall in love with their leader. The film, adapted from the 1940 novel of the same name by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, was repeatedly blacklisted by the Indonesian government and only saw release several years after production ended. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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