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Ismail Djoemala was an Indonesian actor active in the 1940s. He was often cast alongside Roekiah as her romantic interest.
Djoemala (left) and romantic foil Roekiah in Roekihati (1941)
Roekihati
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Roekihati is a 1940 film from the Dutch East Indies. Directed by the brothers Joshua and Othniel Wong and produced by Tan's Film, it follows a young village woman who goes to the city and encounters v
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…Rasmina. The film was a success, and one reviewer opined that Djoemala was as good as, if not better, than Mochtar. The pair's next film together, Roekihati, cast Djoemala as a city-dweller named Mansoer who falls for a village girl named Roekihati (Roekiah), but is nearly forced to marry another woman. In…
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