Asmara Moerni is a 1941 romance film from the Dutch East Indies. Starring Adnan Kapau Gani, Djoewariah, and S. Joesoef, the film followed a doctor who falls in love with his maid. It has been listed as one of the top 100 Indonesian films of all time.
About Asmara Moerni in brief
Asmara Moerni is a 1941 romance film from the Dutch East Indies. It was directed by Rd Ariffien and produced by Ang Hock Liem for Union Films. Starring Adnan Kapau Gani, Djoewariah, and S. Joesoef, the black-and-white film was advertised to cater to the growing native intelligentsia. The film followed a doctor who falls in love with his maid, as well as her failed romance with a fellow villager. Despite mixed reviews, it was a commercial success. As with most films of the Indies, AsmaraMoerni may be lost. It has been listed as one of the top 100 Indonesian films of all time by the Internet Movie Catalogue (IMC).
The IMC has also listed it as the best Indonesian film of the 20th century, with a rating of 8.5 out of 10. It is also known as the first Indonesian film to be released in English. The movie was released in the UK in the United States in the U.S. in the same year as the original Dutch film. It had a box-office gross of $1.2 million, making it the second highest-grossing Indies film of all-time. It went on to be shown at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1942 and was released on home release in Japan in the following year, where it was shown in cinemas for the first time in the US.
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