
Acting
Aminah Cendrakasih
Born 1938-01-29 · Magelang, Kedoe, Dutch East Indies [now Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia]
Siti Aminah Tjendrakasih (EYD: Aminah Cendrakasih) was an Indonesian actress and model. Her name began to be known to the public when she starred in the films Serampang 12 (1956) and Asrama Dara (1958).
Acting credits
NRGurda is a wandering traveler, his life is very miserable and forever in sorrow. Fortunately there are also friends who are Duati, Bonto, Binti who always cheer him up. Gurda promised his friends that he would leave the traveler's job and ask her brother's help, was a merchant, but they did not get help. Then the Gurda makes another living by looking for firewood in the forest to sell and the results are used to feed his friends who become travelers. It is known that the Chajali king, by the regulation of the Great Minister and the Truna Commander, was prohibited from looking for firewood. Meanwhile, a young merchant accompanied by Gurda and Hadam went to propose Princess Aziza, who turned out to be the daughter of Minister Trenggana. Gurda later found out if Princess Aziza was Duati, his lovers. With a variety of ideas, Gurda can cancel the marriage of her brother with Princess Aziza.
Musafir Kelana
1953
NRThrough Poppy and her boyfriend, Hasan, Elina meets Abdullah and becomes his lover. Then Elina starts to lead a wayward life. Her older sister, Tuty, tries to stop her but Elina chooses to continue her relationship and gets married. Then Tuty's warning comes true, as Abdullah is irresponsible. After Elina gets a divorce, she tries to find Tuty again but fails. But in the end, the two siblings manage to reunite.
Gadis Sesat
1956
3.0Suro becomes obsessed with Ujung as a tool to take power over the village. His ambition stumbles when his daughter, Marni, falls in love with Kasan, an ordinary peasant from the same village.
Whips of Fire
1958
Lana and Joko are childhood friends. Joko has moved away from his family and chooses to live on his own, even in poverty. Lana, on the other hand, is tired of living with her rich family. They both fall in love with each other. Joko tries to write songs and succeeds. He becomes a rich man but also very superficial. The thing that drove Lana away from her family has now become a part of her own life.
A Pair of Doves
1979
NRThe presence of her mother-in-law (Wolly Sutinah), ends the peace of Martini (Rima Melati), a former prostitute. She is terrorized continuously, until she finally runs away from home and tries to commit suicide.
Takdir
1973
NRRenny Basuki is a young woman and a former judo champion who, after her father's demise, tries to look after her impoverished family. When her younger brother is diagnosed with a deadly disease, she is desperate to afford his surgery costs. One day, Indra, a professional wrestling manager, offers Renny and her friend Mia to join a female wrestling troupe. They agree but Renny's mother disapproves her wrestling career.
The Fighters
1982
After her mother’s death, Yeyen’s father remarries and she now has a stepmother. Yeyen is then carried away by dreams and stories about stepmothers, and one day, after seeing an interesting event, she is so moved that she does not want to go home. She befriends homeless people and sees the joys of street life. Then the parents of her friend, Yoyo, help her realise that a stepmother is still a mother. She is advised to return home as her father, who accuses the stepmother of doing something bad to her, is frantic with worry. Yeyen finally goes home.
Anak Yatim
1973
NRSinta's father is dying. On his insistence, Sinta has to marry Roni, though she actually prefers Ricky. Initially, Sinta is grateful to have a husband who is willing to sacrifice for her father's hospital treatment. But Roni turns out to be a pimp, and Sinta is used and sold as a call girl aka “gadis telepon”. The situation becomes intolerable, when Roni's secret is revealed, that he has compromised other girls like Sinta. Sinta stabs her husband. Sinta repents her action in prison.
Gadis Telepon
1983
NRLestari stops teaching when she marries Rama who has returned from abroad. Lestari, who is an only child and an orphan, is infertile. One day she meets Shinta, her favorite student who cannot stand living with her stepmother, especially since her father, a drunken truck driver, died in an accident. Lestari invites Shanti to live with her. Then Rama’s parents bring Lestari to Tokyo for treatment as they still wish to have a grandchild. Rama and Shinta are left at home and begin to be intimate. Lestari is furious when she returns but she finally gives them her blessings as she cannot conceive. But due to a misunderstanding, Shinta runs away. Then Rama finds Shinta as a singer in a nightclub. Without Lestari’s knowledge, they consummate their love. Then Rama accuses Shinta of adultery and refuses to acknowledge the baby as theirs.
Malam Pengantin
1975
5.1Spoof based (loosely) on an old Indonesian film, which has had the old foreign soundtrack removed and replaced by an over-dubbed English track. Central character is a female wrestler who has decided that she no longer wants to wrestle, but whose mother (a former wrestler herself) wants her to keep wrestling to make money so her brother can have the operation (his seminal vessels run to his skull, rather than his groin, which purportedly will cause his head to explode if he gets too excited). During the course of her story (in which a number of brawls ensue), she is befriended by a Elvis-impersonating martial artist. This recut/redubbed version is 72 minutes long.
Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters
1982
NRAssisted by the Dutch, Landlord Darto (Mansjur Sjah) manages to accumulate wealth by deceiving farmers. One of the poor farmers who tried to defend his farmland was killed. The poor farmer's son Sani (Farouk Afero) returns home from boarding school to look for his father's killer.
Ibu Sejati
1973
One of the best Indonesian children’s films, distinguished by not being a fairytale as other films popular at the time, My Harmonica combines humour, mischief and naivety. Sani is an orphan who is raised by his grandmother in the village. His parents died when he was little. His teachers think that he can develop further if he goes to Jakarta to study. Reluctantly, Sani agrees. So in Jakarta, he stays with the younger sibling of his teacher, but he faces problems. The most intriguing part is his wish to have a harmonica, a new instrument that he has never seen before.
My Harmonica
1979
NRThe major success achieved by dangdut musician, Rhoma Irama, makes his siblings, Deddy and Herry, want to follow their brother’s footsteps. Coincidentally, the two brothers have twin girlfriends, Ela and Eli. The love of the two couples is so deep that when the parents of Ela and Eli want to match one of the twins to another man, they refuse. For Deddy, the challenge does not only come from Eli’s parents, but also from someone attracted to Eli. It hurts Deddy to witness Herry holding the hand of his girlfriend, Eli. Then Rhoma steps in to resolve the problem of his brothers.
Cinta Kembar
1984
1.0Anita, finally became a hostess because there was no other job. Her determination is to repay his mother, a sickly widow. At work she then got a customer, Winarto, who turned out to be her biological father. When Winarto's wife, Carla, kisses her husband's gesture, she manages to hire a delinquent young man. Luckily there is Darmawan, who takes her to nightclubs and always defends her. Anita's efforts were not liked by her mother until she died
Hostess Anita
1971
NRA snake incarnation girl becomes the object of men's in the bar where she works in.
Dangdut Dance
1980
NRRhoma and Rika have a steady relationship. But it is hard for Rika to refuse her father’s request for her to study abroad. Rika and her best friend, Ani, both hide each other’s respective boyfriends as Ani had a bad relationship experience in the past. On Ani’s birthday party, something unexpected happens when both, Rike and Ani, discover that they have the same boyfriend. Rika then concedes that Ani is the one for Rhoma so she fulfils her parent’s expectation to continue her studies abroad.
Pengorbanan
1982
6.0Cakra is a plain simpleton from the countryside. His father is a rich but a miserly man. While her mother is overprotective to Cakra because of his developmental disability. Knowing that Cakra's parents will do anything for their son, his old neighborhood friends who now lived in the city tries to squeeze some money from Cakra's family by persuading him to go to the big city to live with them. Now Cakra has to face his scheming friends and the alluring charms of the big city.
Sorga
1977
7.0Three friends, Dono, Kasino, and Indro, open a restaurant because of Dono’s cooking expertise. There are situational jokes in the restaurant: the scary food critic who instead gives a good review; Indro and Susan, the cashier, who play around with the security guard’s handcuffs until they have to go around together, which annoys Indro’s girlfriend. There’s also gym humour when Henny, a stewardess friend of Dono, teaches him. And of course, there are jokes among the three friends.
Itu Bisa Diatur
1984
7.2Fourteen years after the woman he loved left him, a married man ventures to Amsterdam to find her but must decide where his heart lies.
Si Doel the Movie
2018
NRReminiscent of the film The Sound of Music, Bing Slamet works for Eddy Sud’s family, who has many children. Bing wins their heart with his singing talent. The movie is filled with messages of tourism promotion and family planning, but there is also humour, since the Kwartet Jaya comedy group are part of the cast.
Bing Slamet Sibuk
1973
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Ibu dan Putri
1955
NRBenyamin, a laundryman and lenong player, is a neighbor of Mimin, a widow who lives with her sister Aida. The noisy lenong practice activities often cause the two neighbors to quarrel, although they later make peace. Meanwhile, Benyamin falls in love with Ellya, an old spinster, the daughter of Mr. Hamid, the owner of the rented house where Benyamin lives. This relationship is not approved by Mr. Hamid who considers lenong players to be lowly in dignity. When Mr. Hamid begins to have a crush on Mimin, Benyamin uses this as a weapon to soften Mr. Hamid's heart.
Benyamin Raja Lenong
1975
NRLittle Roy experienced a series of trials. After his father died, who was killed by his mother, his mother was also in prison. He was raised by his maid who later also died. He moved to an orphanage and here he enjoyed his luxurious youth. He was like the ideal modern boy who was handsome, liked by many girls, naughty but did not forget to make pilgrimages and do good deeds. It was there that he fell in love with Siska who turned out to be his own younger sister.
Cowok Masa Kini
1978
NRA dangdut singer, Oma, is dating Ani, the daughter of a plantation owner. But the girl's father tries to stop their relationship. Then Oma leaves for Jakarta and finally he becomes a major hit. Meanwhile, Ani runs away from home and her parents are worried but the story ends happily.
Oma Irama Penasaran
1976