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PROFILE
Usmar Ismail
(1921 - 1971) was a prominent
Indonesian film director. He was a Minangkabau descent. He was
widely regarded as the native Indonesian pioneer of the Cinema
of Indonesia although films made by the Dutch dated back to
around 1926.
He was perhaps best known internationally for his 1961 film
Fighters for Freedom which documented Indonesian independence
from the Dutch and French.
Ismail initially served in the army during the Dutch occupation,
later following his dream of becoming a film director by
establishing Indonesia's first film studios "Perfini Studios" in
the early fifties.
A concert hall known as the Usmar Ismail Hall was established in
his name in Jakarta which gives musical, opera and theatrical
performances
Darah dan Doa (1950)
Enam Djam Di Djogja (1951)
Lewat Djam Malam (1953)
Tamu Agung (1955)
Tiga Dara (1956)
Asrama dara (1958)
Fighters for Freedom (1961)
Ananda (1970)
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