Tiga Abdul (1964)

Directed by

P. Ramlee

Genre

musical film

Country

Malaysia

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

U

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three brothers fall into a trap set by a cunning man who uses his three daughters to cheat them out of their money. The story follows their attempts to outsmart the schemer in a fictional Middle Eastern setting.

lightheartedwhimsicalcautionaryplayfulfast-pacedcomedicmusicalclassic

What happens

Tiga Abdul (English: The Three Abduls; title numerized on screen as 3 Abdul) is a 1964 Singaporean Malay-language black-and-white comedy film directed by and starring Malaysian silver-screen icon P. Ramlee. It tells the story of three brothers who are caught in a web of trickery set by the cunning Sadiq Segaraga, who uses his three daughters to try and fleece the three brothers of all their wealth. The movie is a tribute to traditional folktales with a moral set into the story and is set in a fictional Middle Eastern country named Isketambola, loosely based on Istanbul, Turkey, it also loosely refers to the Ottoman Empire's decline, its final years and its collapse. It was the last film to be directed by P. Ramlee in Singapore before he moved to his new workplace in Merdeka Studios, Kuala Lumpur in 1965. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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