Darah dan Doa is a 1950 Indonesian war film directed and produced by Usmar Ismail, telling the story of the Siliwangi Division and its leader Captain Sudarto on a march to West Java. Following Ismail's Dutch-produced Tjitra (1949), Darah dan Doa is often cited as the first 'Indonesian' film, and the film's first day of shooting – 30 March – is celebrated in Indonesia as National Film Day.
Magazine advertisement, Aneka (1 September 1950)
The Siliwangi Division in combat, in a scene from the film
Usmar Ismail, the film's director and producer
Del Juzar in 1953; he was cast in the lead role of Sudarto.
Usmar Ismail was an Indonesian film director, author, journalist and revolutionary of Minangkabau descent. He is widely regarded as the native Indonesian pioneer of the cinema of Indonesia.
Ismail, c. 1955
Usmar Ismail on a 1997 stamp