Английская Википедия:Eulis Atjih
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox film Eulis Atjih is a 1927 film from the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia); it was the second feature film produced in the country, after Loetoeng Kasaroeng in 1926. The silent film follows the lives of a native Indonesian family sent into poverty by the husband's splurging. Eulis Atjih was a commercial success in the Indies, but failed in international markets.
Premise
A native Indonesian man leaves his beautiful young wife Eulis Atjih and their child to lead a life of partying. She falls into poverty and, when he returns several years later, he is also poor.Шаблон:Sfn
Production
Eulis Atjih was produced by Java Film Co., which had made the first film in the Dutch East Indies, Loetoeng Kasaroeng, in 1926. The earlier film had left Java Film Coy in a poor financial after it underperformed; as such, for Eulis Atjih the company had to find financial backers.Шаблон:Sfn The film was directed by G. KrugersШаблон:Sfn and based on the novel by Joehana.Шаблон:Sfn The film featured native Indonesian actors, including Arsad and Soekria. It was a black and white, silent film.Шаблон:Sfn
Eulis Atjih was the second film to include native Indonesians in its cast, and the second feature film produced in the country.Шаблон:Sfn The native role was emphasised in the film's promotion; a poster for a screening at the Orient Theatre in Surabaya, for example, wrote that the film's native cast was equal to any American or European one.Шаблон:Sfn Of note is the film's use of the word "Indonesia", which was not to be formalised as a preferred term for the archipelago until the Youth Pledge in 1928.Шаблон:Sfn
Themes
The Indonesian film historian Misbach Yusa Biran writes that the film educated Dutchmen through its depiction of native Indonesian rites, including funerals and marriage, as well as sent a message to native audiences that splurging would only result in poverty.Шаблон:Sfn
Release and reception
Eulis Atjih was released in 1927, being screened in Bandung in August and in Surabaya in September.Шаблон:Sfn It was a critical and commercial success in the country, especially among the ethnic Chinese community; the newspaper Pewarta Soerabaja wrote that the actress who played Eulis was "beautiful when her life was carefree, but looked like a villager when she fell poor."Шаблон:EfnШаблон:Sfn In Surabaya, the film was accompanied by music from the keroncong group under Tuan Kayoon.Шаблон:Sfn
For international release, the Java Film Co. and Krugers emphasised the ethnographic aspects of the film. It was shown in Singapore, but was a commercial failure.Шаблон:Sfn
See also
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External links
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