Kris Mataram

Kris Mataram is a 1940 film from the Dutch East Indies that was directed by Njoo Cheong Seng and starred Fifi Young and Omar Rodriga as two lovers divided by class. Youngs feature film debut, the film was the first produced by Oriental Film and depended on Youngs stardom as a stage actress to attract viewers. It may be a lost film.

Kris Mataram was produced by Oriental Film, a newly established studio. It brought Fifi Young and her husband Njoo Cheong Seng to the studio Young a former stage star to act and Njoo to direct and write the film. It was his directorial debut, and the script for Kris Mataram had previously been intended for the stage. Joshua Wong, formerly of Tans Film, was drawn to Oriental Film to handle the cinematography for Kris Mataram. Wong was disappointed over the profit sharing of his ventures with Tans.The title, which literally translates as kris of Mataram, was chosen to attract attention the Indonesian film historian Misbach Yusa Biran describes the work as not relating to the culture of Mataram. The film was seen as contrasting traditionalism against modernity, as well as Western and Eastern cultures. The film was blackandwhite, with Malaylanguage dialogue. ........

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