Dhalia

Acting

Dhalia

Born 1925-02-10 · Medan, Indonesia

Dhalia was an Indonesian actress active for over fifty years. She was nominated for three Citra Awards at the Indonesian Film Festival, winning one.

Acting credits

Terang Boelan poster
10.0

Rohaya (Roekiah) must separate from her lover, Kasim (Rd Mochtar), so that she can marry her father's choice, the disreputable but rich Musa (Eddie T. Effendi). The night before the wedding, Kasim plays the song "Terang Boelan" for Rohaya, and they agree to elope. The following day, Rohaya and Kasim escape from Sawoba Island to Malacca, where Kasim begins work at a drydock and Rohaya keeps busy as a housewife. They discover that Kasim's old friend, Dullah (Kartolo), has lived in Malacca for some time.

Terang Boelan

1937

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Boenga Sembodja

1942

Pantjawarna poster
NR

The film featured 12 keroncong hits and is considered as the first musical film in Indonesia

Pantjawarna

1941

Bloody Wedding poster
8.0

Badrowi disturbs a married woman he's in love with on her wedding night and kills her husband. He's then severely beaten by villagers and his body is thrown into a ravine. There, he gains supernatural powers from a spider and then starts terrorizing the village.

Bloody Wedding

1987

After the Curfew poster
6.2

A hero of revolution returns to civilian life to find the new society very different from the ideals he fought for.

After the Curfew

1954

Gadis Hitam Putih poster
NR

The story begins with a commotion in court during the trial session of a wild girl who was involved with pornographic photos when a former nurse appeared to reveal that the girl was the daughter of a famous tycoon in Jakarta. Meanwhile, the rich man's daughter who had just gotten married was the biological child of the wild girl's mother, who was a prostitute. The two were exchanged when their newborns were in the hospital.

Gadis Hitam Putih

1986

Berdjoang poster
NR

Anang, Saman and Ahmad are three best friends from a village in Subang. Anang and Ahmad fall in love with Saman's sister, Hasanah. When the call for enrollment in Heiho (army troops formed by Japanese) is announced, Anang and Saman register themselves but Ahmad does not. Anang is accepted as a soldier. When the village people welcome the Heiho, Ahmad commits theft. Hasanah's heart leans more and more towards Anang, and she yearns for his return.

Berdjoang

1943

Alligator Queen poster
5.0

A mystic is murdered by three of his disciples because they want to learn the skills he picked up from his mentor; a wizard named Resi Tunggal Manik. They reach Resi Tunggal Manik's hideaway, rape his wife and then throw his daughter Dewi in a river. An alligator catches the girl and she's brought to the kingdom at the bottom of the sea ruled by the Alligator Queen. Once a grown Dewi (who has revenge on her mind) and the Alligator Queen see handsome young Linggar (who's actually Dewi's brother!) a power struggle erupts.

Alligator Queen

1983

Sorta (Tumbuh Bunga di Sela Batu) poster
NR

After graduating high school, Sorta followed Amang Bukit's orders to become a farmer and not pursue higher education. She meets Daulat, the estranged son of Inang Ria, and falls in love.

Sorta (Tumbuh Bunga di Sela Batu)

1982

Panggilan Darah poster
NR

Two orphans try their luck in the city. They are employed by Pak Haji's family, but is ill treated by his wife. Soon they run away. It is later discovered that both orphans are actually the Haji's nephews. When they are found, they express a wish to set up an orphanage.

Panggilan Darah

1941

Moestika dari Djemar poster
NR

Djoeriah is a child movie star, born in 1932, who would later be known as Djoeriah Karno (wife of Rendra Karno). Djoeriah also co-starred in Poelo Inten.

Moestika dari Djemar

1941

The Devil Oath poster
NR

Lintang and Bayu, held a pocong oath, due to the insistence of the villagers who felt their village was polluted. This was done because Lintang, who had just become engaged to Bayu, was declared pregnant, they had sworn not to do anything and did not know that Lintang could become pregnant. Once the oath is executed, the Oath has no consequences.

The Devil Oath

1988

Jodoh Boleh Diatur poster
NR

Dono, Kasino, Indro all find girlfriends through a dating agency. Although the relationships didn't do well for the three of them. And Dono is almost fired when he overuses the company’s phone to call his girlfriend, Rita, whose suddenly disappears and leaves a baby under Dono’s care. Comedy is then focused around the baby, reminiscent of the film, “Three Men and a Baby”.

Jodoh Boleh Diatur

1988

Kemilau Cinta di Langit Jingga poster
NR

Structured as a film within a film, Rhoma Irama and his girlfriend, Aida, are hired to make a film by Leo and his right hand, Richard. While Rhoma has several shows in the same city, Leo pursues his criminal activities. For him, moviemaking is a camoulflage for his crimes. Richard, who is still in love with Aida, tries to separate Rhoma from the girl. While filming a scene, Rhoma is stabbed for real. While Rhoma is in hospital, Imron, a Rhoma impersonator is introduced. Then a scenario is written for Richard to get Aida. Later, Rhoma impersonates Imron and pulls Imron’s girlfriend Nina out from prostitution. Finally, Rhoma is able to solve the whole drama and Aida is back in his arms. Rhoma’s songs, which are his trademark and selling point, continue to be used.

Kemilau Cinta di Langit Jingga

1985

Yellow Bamboo Warrior poster
NR

Standard minimally-plotted good guys vs. bad guys Indonesian action hokum. The entire film is essentially a series of fight scenes, training or meditation.

Yellow Bamboo Warrior

1985

Ketika Dia Pergi poster
NR

Two doctors, Robert and Siska, are assigned to a village in the area of Bromo but their presence creates conflict. The villagers, who normally consult a shaman for their health issues, are not used to modern medical doctors. The tension tises when a patient who used to be treated by shaman, dies and there’s nothing that Robert can do. Meanwhile, Siska suffers an unexplainable illness and also dies. Strange illnesses then start to emerge in surrounding villages. Finally, the doctor and the shaman help each other. When the shaman is dying, the doctor treats him.

Ketika Dia Pergi

1990

Titik-titik Noda poster
NR

Andy (Harry Capri), a handsome young man with a decent income, managed to tarnish Tini (Meriam Bellina), a beautiful maid of the boarding house mother, Mrs. Murni (Ida Kusuma). In fact, Mrs. Murni had intended to sell Tini's virginity to anyone who was willing to pay the most. Knowing that Tini was pregnant, Andy secretly disappeared from the boarding house. In another place, Andy did the same thing again with Helen (Chintami Atmanegara). One day, Tini slipped, causing a miscarriage. This made Mrs. Murni find out and was very angry with Andy. So she gathered her thugs to look for Andy until he found her. Andy's relationship with Helen was not approved by Helen's parents, but they later managed to get married. At that time, Mrs. Murni and her thugs came, along with other girls who had had sex with Andy to ask for responsibility.

Titik-titik Noda

1984

Bercinta dalam Badai poster
NR

Lia’s father is imprisoned for murdering his unfaithful wife. Lia is also imprisoned for stabbing her boyfriend, Daniel who refused to take responsibility for her pregnancy. Once out of prison, her fellow inmate, Lucy, persuades Lia to become a prostitute but she refuses. Then Harun, a guy who has been pursuing her, kidnaps her sister, Nina, and asks for ransom. Love happens when Lia meets Handy, a wealthy future doctor. The relationship between Lia and Handy proceeds, although Lia hides her past, and also where she lives. Finally, when Lia pays Nina’s ransom by sleeping with a wealthy man she previously refused, Handy shows up. Handy knows Lia’s activity through Lucy. Together with her sister, she kills Harun, and also Daniel, the other kidnapper. Despite this, Handy still offers his love to Lia.

Bercinta dalam Badai

1984

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NR

Ratih is an innocent and honest village woman. She is married to Hartomo, who considers her not a woman of his choice, as he married her at the request of his mother. Hartomo leaves for Jakarta to look for a new life while distancing himself from Ratih. Ratih and her mother-in-law follow him to Jakarta. Hartomo goes on an adventure with several women that he likes. Eventually, he is ready to marry the woman of his choice. On the other hand, Ratih has gone through soul searching and becomes a wise woman. This search leads to their meeting in a cramped house in a village area of Jakarta. Ratih has to choose either to return to Hartomo or accept Mulyono who sincerely loves her. With an intelligent reason, Ratih chooses Hartomo.

Not the Chosen Wife

1981

Lake of Tears poster
NR

A melodramatic suffer-fest that would give Lars von Trier pause. On a quest to find her biological father, teenager Yeni is sidetracked when she's raped by her stepfather and ends up in a nuthouse. After she's released, her prostitute sister takes her to work at a brothel. There, she becomes second wife to an old, miserable man until her stepfather returns and tries to lay claim on her. After unsuccessfully trying to strangle Yeni to death, he and Yeni's mother get in a fight and end up stabbing each other to death. Once Yeni finds out she's pregnant, she's then rejected by her miserly husband, who denies the child is his.

Lake of Tears

1986

Joe Turun ke Desa poster
8.0

City students come to the village for KKN with all their arrogance and pretentiousness, led by a fat student named Joe (Didi Petet). Many problems arise, starting from Budi (James Lapian) and Imam (Leroy Oesmani) who are not doing KKN well, but instead competing for a beautiful village flower named Neneng (Deasy Ratnasari). Likewise with Pinky (Meriam Bellina) and May (Sylvana Herman) who went down to the village as if they were going to shop at an elite shop. Their arrival also made the village hoodlums feel angry, so that the KKN activities were disturbed.

Joe Turun ke Desa

1989

They Do Exist poster
9.0

Nugroho is a transgender from the lower class. He's the breadwinner of the family and his family accepts him unconditionally. While Daniel, a transgender from the upper class, is ashamed of himself. Daniel is pressured to let go of his effeminate nature.

They Do Exist

1982

Charm of the White Tiger poster
NR

A poor man who's mistreated, about to be evicted (along with his mother) and beaten and left for dead by his landlord and his goons, finds a possible remedy for his problems in a "Whip of Fire" family heirloom.

Charm of the White Tiger

1982