Pantjawarna
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| Pantjawarna | |
|---|---|
 Newspaper advertisement | |
| Directed by | Njoo Cheong Seng |
| Produced by | Tjho Seng Han |
| Starring | |
Production company | Oriental Film |
Release date |
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| Country | Dutch East Indies |
| Language | Indonesian |
Pantjawarna (Perfected Spelling: Pancawarna; Indonesian for Five Colours) is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
A young woman must raise her two daughters, despite several hardships, while her husband is in prison.[1] She is ultimately taken in by the nobleman Raden Gatot, and the two fall in love. After she divorces her former husband, she and Gatot are married. Her former husband, however, upon release from prison, decides to challenge Gatot. Later in the film the mother must choose a good suitor for her daughters.[2]
Production
Pantjawarna was produced by Tjho Seng Han and directed by Njoo Cheong Seng for Oriental Film.[3] Njoo had worked for the company since 1940, when he and his wife Fifi Young were signed to produce Kris Mataram.[4]
The film had twelve songs, including works in the kroncong, gambus, and Sundanese styles;[5] for this, it has been called the first musical film in the Dutch East Indies.[3] It starred Young, Mochtar Widjaja, Dhalia, Idris Martha, Omar Rodriga, S Poniman, Siti Aminah, Iyem Cilacap, and Soerip.[3]