Underplayed Gems

Laksamana Do Re Mi (1972)

Laksamana Do Re Mi poster
Directed by
P. Ramlee
Genre
fantasy film, adventure film, musical film
Country
Malaysia
Runtime
1h 52m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Three friends become admirals and use magic to save a faraway kingdom. It is a black-and-white adventure comedy based on a story from One Thousand and One Nights.

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What happens

Laksamana Do Re Mi (English: The Admirals Do, Re, and Mi) is a 1972 Malay-language black-and-white adventure fantasy comedy film directed by P. Ramlee. Shot in black and white, it is the third and final installment in the Do Re Mi series of comedy films, and features the trio of actors P. Ramlee, A. R. Tompel and Ibrahim Din reprising their roles as Do, Re and Mi respectively. The story is loosely based on one of stories in One Thousand and One Nights, "The Three Princes and the Princess Nouronnihar", and features the trio becoming admirals and using magic to save a faraway kingdom from ruin. This film is notable as being the last film P. Ramlee and A.R. Tompel before their death in 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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