Indonesia Malaise

Indonesia Malaise is a 1931 film directed by the Wong brothers. It was the brothers first sound film and one of the first such films in the Dutch East Indies. Billed as a comedy, the story follows a woman who is overcome by tragedy in her personal life. A commercial failure, it may be lost.

Indonesia Malaise was directed by the Wong brothers Nelson, Joshua, and Othniel, ethnic Chinese who had studied film in the US. They also handled the cinematography and sound editing, using a singlesystem camera made in Europe and lent from a Bandungbased operator. Like the Wongs other films, Indonesia Malaise was primarily targeted at lowerclass native audiences. Only two of its cast members names are recorded, MS Ferry and Oemar. The leading lady may have been a stage actress the reporter Mohammad Enoh, who viewed Indonesia Malaise as a child, wrote in 1976 that she had been fairly attractive.The film was among the first sound films released in the Indies, and the brothers first sound film. The first such film, G. Krugers Karnadi Anemer Bangkong had been released the preceding year The Teng Chun had followed with Boenga Roos dari Tjikembang Rose from Cikembang in 1931, although whether it preceded Indonesia Malaise is not certain. These early films had poor sound and lots of static, but through repeated experimentation the quality was eventually brought to acceptable levels. ........

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