Srigala Item

Srigala Item Indonesian for Black Wolf, also advertised with the Dutch title De Zwarte Wolf is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies that was directed by Tan Tjoei Hock and produced by The Teng Chun for Action Film. Starring Hadidjah, Mohamad Mochtar, and Tan Tjeng Bok, the films plot inspired by Zorro follows a young man who became a masked vigilante to take revenge against his conniving uncle. Srigala Item was a commercial success, which Misbach Yusa Biran credits to the plots use for escapism. A copy of the blackandwhite film, which featured kroncong music, is stored at Sinematek Indonesia.

Soon Djoekris activities are targeted by a masked man known as the Black Wolf Srigala Item, who also foils Joesoefs attempts to woo Soehaemi Hadidjah, whom Mochtar loves. Djoekri tires of the Black Wolfs interference and takes him on in a battle. Though Djoekri almost wins, ultimately the Black Wolf emerges victorious. It is later revealed that Mardjoeki remains alive and Mochtar was the Black Wolf.The film was written and directed by Tan Tjoei Hock for Action Film, a subsidiary of producer The Teng Chuns Java Industrial Film JIF. Tan, who had made his directorial debut in 1940, based Srigala Item on the stories surrounding Johnston McCulleys fictional bandit Zorro a as with the American bandit, the Black Wolf used a whip and wore all black. The blackandwhite film was shot by The Teng Chuns brother Teng Gan, with Hajopan Bajo Angin as artistic designer. ........

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