Pareh (1935)

19351h 16mdir. Mannus Franken, Albert BalinkIndonesianDutch East Indiesromance film

Note: this print runs 76 minutes against a recorded 92 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Rd Mochtar

Directed by Mannus Franken, Albert Balink

Pareh still

Pareh (Sundanese for "rice"), released internationally as Pareh, Song of the Rice, is a 1936 film from the Dutch East Indies (modern day Indonesia). Directed by the Dutchmen Albert Balink and Mannus Franken, it featured an amateur native cast and starred Raden Mochtar and Soekarsih. The story follows the forbidden love between a fisherman and a farmer's daughter.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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