Njai Dasima (1929 film)

Njai Dasima Perfected Spelling Nyai Dasima is a 1929 silent film from the Dutch East Indies modern day Indonesia. It details the fall of a rich mistress at the hands of a greedy delman driver. The first film released by Tans Film, the film adapted from an 1896 novel was a critical and commercial success. It was released in two parts, followed by a sequel, and remade another two times by 1940.

Dasima eventually realises that she has been tricked and begins to keep a close eye on her remaining wealth. To get at it, Samiun calls the thug Puasa and tells him to rob the young woman. At night, as Dasima goes to hear the story of Amir Hamzah at a nearby village, Puasa accosts her. He panics when she screams and kills her, then throws her body off a bridge it washes up behind Williams home. Samiun and Puasa are caught and sentenced to hang.Njai Dasima was the first film produced by Tans Film, owned by ethnic Chinese. Directed at native viewers, Njai Dasima was filmed from September to October 1929. ........

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