Eulis Atjih

Eulis Atjih is a 1927 film from the Dutch East Indies modernday Indonesia it was the second feature film produced in the country, after Loetoeng Kasaroeng in 1926. The silent film follows the lives of a native Indonesian family sent into poverty by the husbands splurging. Eulis Atjih was a commercial success in the Indies, but failed in international markets.

Eulis Atjih was produced by Java Film Co., which had made the first film in the Dutch East Indies, Loetoeng Kasaroeng, in 1926. The earlier film had left Java Film Coy in a poor financial after it underperformed as such, for Eulis Atjih the company had to find financial backers. The film was directed by G. Krugers and based on the novel by Joehana. The film featured native Indonesian actors, including Arsad and Soekria. It was a black and white, silent film.Eulis Atjih was the second film to include native Indonesians in its cast, and the second feature film produced in the country. The native role was emphasised in the films promotion a poster for a screening at the Orient Theatre in Surabaya, for example, wrote that the films native cast was equal to any American or European one. Of note is the films use of the word Indonesia, which was not to be formalised as a preferred term for the archipelago until the Youth Pledge in 1928. ........

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