Darah dan Doa


Darah dan Doa darah dan doa Indonesian for Blood and Prayer, released internationally as The Long March is a 1950 Indonesian war film directed and produced by Usmar Ismail. Telling the story of the Siliwangi Division and its leader Captain Sudarto on a march to West Java, Darah dan Doa is often cited as the first Indonesian film, and the films first day of shooting 30March is celebrated in Indonesia as National Film Day.

The Siliwangi Division, originally headquartered in West Java, is temporarily based in Central Java owing to the Renville Agreement. After putting down a communist rebellion in Madiun, killing numerous members of the Communist Party of Indonesia in the process, they are on a break. The divisions leader, Captain Sudarto, meets with an Indo woman named Connie, who is originally from Bandung. The two become friendly, but after a Dutch attack is launched on the capital at Yogyakarta, they must separate as the division heads westwards. Captain Sudarto leads his men together with women and children over more than 200 kilometres 120mi, resting during the day and travelling in the morning and evening. They face hunger, a shortage of supplies, and Dutch air strikes. Along the way, Sudarto begins falling in love with a nurse named Widya.The division comes across a village which has been razed to the ground by Dutch forces, killing almost all of its inhabitants. Upon directions from the sole survivor, they go to a nearby village and are warmly received, receiving much needed food. As the men settle for the night, Sudarto goes for a walk with Widya, raising the mens ire. That night the men sleep comfortably in beds while the villagers stand guard. In the morning, however, the villagers who are revealed to be related to the Darul Islam militant group turn on them. The men successfully fight back, although Sudarto is shot by the village chief. ........

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