Siti Akbari

Siti Akbari is a 1940 film from the Dutch East Indies now Indonesia directed by Joshua and Othniel Wong and produced by Tan Khoen Yauw. Starring Roekiah and Rd Mochtar, it follows a couple while the husband commits adultery.

Siti Akbari was directed by Joshua and Othniel Wong, ethnic Chinese brothers who had received film training in the United States and been active in the film industry of the Dutch East Indies since 1929s Lily van Java. The films producer, Tan Khoen Yauw, was coowner of the production studio that made the work, Tans Film.The blackandwhite talkie featured vocals by the actresses Annie Landouw and Titing, with the keroncong group Lief Java providing background music. Several further cast members, including the stars Mochtar, Roekiah, and her husband Kartolo, had migrated to Tans after the success of Albert Balinks Terang Boelan 1937 the earlier films formula of beautiful scenery, music, and action, which Tans had already utilised in 1938s Fatima, was present in Siti Akbari as well. ........

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