Maruli Sitompul
Also Known As: Hisar Sahat Maroeli Sitoempoel, Maroeli Sitompoel
Biography: Maruli Sitompul was an Indonesian actor. He was famous for his lead role in the film Penunggang Kuda dari Tjimande (1971), directed by Chitra Dewi. Maruli passed away in October 28th, 1990.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia
Adult: No
Birthday: December 21, 1937
Age: 87 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 28, 1990
Popularity:
Known For:
Blind Virgin
Overview: Oni is an orphan who is born blind. She is adopted by a cart puller. Despite of his blindness, Oni can cure diseases. So when her adopting parent dies, someone else takes care of her. But ever since her village is pillaged Oni lives on as a wanderer.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1971-01-01
Popularity:
Maria, Maria, Maria
Overview: Jamal is a son of a big businessman who falls in love with a high-class prostitute. But when Maria’s secret is discovered, his family throws her out, so Jamal leaves his parents and become a taxi driver.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1974-01-01
Popularity:
The Man from Nusakambangan
Overview: Mulyono returns to his village, Tembarak, after serving time in Nusakambangan prison. His village is in the midst of a village headman election. There are two strong candidates with opposite attitude. One believes that any means is justifiable while the other one follows the straight road. Mulyono finds his wife murdered. She was previously suffering from a mental illness. His daughter is missing and his son is now a criminal. Mulyono then becomes the scapegoat in the village riot during the election. Eventually he clears his name. Then he meets his daughter who is ready to marry the future village head while he captures his son who is willing to be imprisoned.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1980-12-25
Popularity:
The Teacher
Overview: Topaz is a poor but honest teacher but the price of honesty keeps being bargained. First, Mursalin, the principal, considers that education can be bought. So Topaz is fired because a student’s parent complains about the child’s bad report card and Mursalin wants to have the numbers upgraded.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1981-02-05
Popularity:
Take Me Away
Overview: Abdul Rauf is a novelist. On his journey to find inspiration in the war-torn Vietnam, Rauf loses a friend in a battle. He feels the destruction of human dignity in war. In addition, Rauf fails to win the love of Bulan, the girl of his dream as her mother considers that he has no future. When he goes to Singapore, he meets Kartika, the guitar player and daughter of Dr. Ibrahim Mahmud M.A., an Indonesian dictionary researcher. Kartika happens to be a friend of Rauf’s cousin, Ria, and they have just returned from Tokyo and stopped in Singapore to visit Ria’s parent who is a diplomat. Kartika, who is spoiled by her father, is attracted to Rauf and they fall in love. Kartika’s father does not like Rauf as the latter once dubbed him as a lice-seeking grandpa. Dr. Mahmud then becomes sympathetic after he reads Rauf’s latest novel given to him by Kartika.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1981-08-27
Popularity:
The Moments You Lie on My Chest
Overview: Cia marries Dono, a university administration employee. Cia marries him to soothe her heartbreak when her father marries her best friend, Lies. But when they go to Dono’s hometown for their honeymoon, they find his relatives acting mysteriously. Dono’s sister, Lastri, never speaks. His brother is insane and there is only an old woman whom he speaks to. On their wedding night, Cia realises that Dono cannot perform sexually, but Cia still loves him. One day when Cia is taking a bath in a river near the house, she is attacked and raped by a man. Dono tells her that when he was a boy, he saw his mother raped by Kromodongso. Later, the same person rapes his sister. Strangely, Kromodongso does not admit to have raped Cia, although he admits to raping Dono’s mother and sister. Finally, Dono admits that he raped Cia, his own wife. He did that, as he cannot perform in a normal situation. Dono can only do what Kromodongso did to his mother. Cia is happy because Dono is truly a man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1984-12-06
Popularity:
The Blind Man from Ghost Cave: Duel at Bromo Crater
Overview: Barda Mandrawata (Ratno Timoer), also known as The Blind Man From the Ghost Cave, is in the Sarpala area which is being hit by a disaster created by the vile magician Tarub. After finishing his business, Barda intends to leave but is given Narisa, a child who is to be returned to his biological parent, Labone, the leader of Sarpala who has fallen in love with Barda despite being betrothed to Latongga (Torro Margens). Meanwhile, Latongga himself is being chased by Radina (Mila Karmila), a female child from the ascetic Sakti. Narisa is wanted by many warriors from various circles, including Tarub, and once he escapes from Barda's hands, Barda is forced to look for him.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-09-15
Popularity:
I Love You
Overview: Failing a suicide attempt, Arni is rescued and treated in a house. Living next door is a journalistic photographer, Baron. Both of them fall in love with each other. In the end it is discovered that Arni is the wife of a famous businessman who is having an affair with a famous fashion model
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1974-01-01
Popularity:
The Blind Man from Ghost Cave: Lost Paradise
Overview: In a forest in Mount Bromo, Badra, the Blind Fighter, finds a woman on a stretcher, attacked by a group of villains. Badra quickly acts. Upon her death, the woman asks Badra to take care of the children. So he finds the father of the children. On the way, he is ambushed by his arch enemy and is hurt. The king helps him to recover, then he meets again with his arch enemy.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-05-31
Popularity:
Penunggang Kuda dari Tjimande
Overview: Riding a white horse, Purbaya, the horseman from Cimande, comes to Sukajadi in search of his parents’ graves. There he runs into an old man who tells his past story. Purbaya is the son of Hamidah and Meureksa, who were murdered by Argasuta. Argasuta was in love with Hamidah and he sent Hasan Botak and Bagus Bantar after her. Upon hearing this, Hamidah turns hysterical and tries to kill Argasuta. But he survives, and Hamidah instead dies in the hands of his underlings. Then the story returns to the present where Purbaya takes his revenge on Argasuta. The film is filled with blood, castrated limbs, and exploding organs.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1971-03-09
Popularity:
Young, in Love
Overview: A rare film that was censored for many years, the story featured protesting university students in the process of self-discovery.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-01-02
Popularity:
Atheis
Overview: Adapted from Achdiat Kartamihardja's novel of the same name. It follows a young Muslim man named Hasan who, through his interactions with others, loses his faith.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1974-01-02
Popularity:
Sisa Feodal
Overview: The story of the dynamics of feudal family life which causes sparks problems among family members. Siswanto, Kartini's husband, lives under the same roof as his father-in-law, Raden Mas Reso, a rich man who owns a Dutch heritage plantation. There was a problem once because Paijah, the maid, was pregnant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-01-01
Popularity:
A Young Wife's Witchcraft
Overview: A battle of black magic, revenge, death and assorted Indonesian weirdness occurs between Arifin, his first wife Tati, his second wife Sandra and playboy Anton, who is after Arifin's wealth (and Sandra). Two different shamans (one good and one evil) become involved in the jacked up love triangle.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-11-22
Popularity:
Revenge of a Young Wife's Witchcraft
Overview: This is a sequel to the film Guna-guna Istri Muda ("A Young Wife's Witchcraft"). The husband, Arifin, realizes his bad behavior and divorces his second wife, Sandra, to go back and live with his first wife, Tati. Sandra is vengeful about the one-sided divorce. She asks for the shaman’s help, to use black magic to destroy Arifin’s family. Chaos ensues in the family, including during a wedding reception of the son. At a critical moment, a savior arrives.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1978-01-01
Popularity:
Night Screams
Overview: Beautiful Lina is gravely ill and in a coma so her husband decides to take her to a professor / supernatural researcher who has a collection of ghosts and monsters as research objects. Unfortunately, the professor’s research is tainted by his corrupt assistant so when Mrs. Lina needs blood, she is given a tainted blood transfusion which is the blood of Mrs. Kemangmang... a spirit who likes to suck human brains.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1981-01-01
Popularity:
Satan in Her
Overview: Every country deserved their own Exorcist rip-off... and here's one from Indonesia! Imbalanced old spinster Laskmi is fed up with being mocked by her niece Dewi and one day dies after a drug overdose. Laskmi then decides to turn Dewi's world upside down from beyond by possessing and torturing her, plus turning her into a murderess. In a surprising development, an exorcist is eventually called in to help.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1974-01-01
Popularity:
Wishing to Get Rich Quick
Overview: Gambler Kosim tries to hang himself but is saved by an old man, who then recommends he go visit a cave-dwelling hermit who knows black magic. There, Kosim learns a magic spell to transform himself into a pig. As a requirement, he has to sacrifice one of his children and he's not allowed to hear prayer nor see monkeys. He uses his new power to steal money until he's caught, shot and decapitated, but his head lives on.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1976-01-01
Popularity:
Behind the Mosquito Net
Overview: A portrait of newly married couple, Nurlela and Hasan, who have to live at the house of Nurlelas’s father. They do not have enough money to find a place of their own. Nurlela's father constantly compares Hasan negatively to his rich son-in-law Bakri (August Melasz), causes a friction between the young couple. Hasan and Nurlela fights when looking for their own way to be able to live independently. This situation makes them lie to each other, especially Hasan, who questions himself about his work and its environment. Hasan’s hard work to get off the family’s house eventually causes a misunderstanding. Nurlela almost commits suicide before the couple is able to trust each other again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1983-01-01
Popularity:
Max Havelaar
Overview: An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1976-09-09
Popularity:
The Ghostly Face
Overview: Panji Tengkorak tells the story of Panji, a master in the dark arts of silat (Indonesian martial art), who is searching for the person who had killed his wife. In his journey, Panji always disguises himself as a beggar and wears a skull mask. Even though he looked cruel, Panji is a good and loyal man.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1971-07-02
Popularity:
Greedy Appetite
Overview: After Tini catches her boyfriend Narno trying to seduce her sister Tina and ends their relationship, she mysteriously dies from a snakebite. Narno's mother then visits a shaman to place a curse on one of Tina's potential suitors. As all of that is going on, a mysterious murderer is lurking around bumping off other members of both Tina and Narno's families.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-01-01
Popularity:
Fatima
Overview: To save her daughter, Fatima agrees to be sent to Malaya to work as a sex slave for Japanese soldiers. There, she joins with the resistance to help destroy a Japanese base, but finds herself taken prisoner and turned into a sex slave a second time after being captured by Dutch Indies officers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1983-01-01
Popularity:
The Master of Kedawung
Overview: Set in the era of Dutch colonialism, Landlord Kedawung is devastated by his first wife’s death. But apparently, her death is something that the second wife, Zubaedah, has been waiting for.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1970-01-01
Popularity:
Love Terminal
Overview: Joki Tobing, a rebellious young man, arrives from Medan and works as a reporter. His reports cause him to be fired by his chief editor, and even his uncle, in whose house he is staying, throws him out. He reports on his uncle’s corruption, which also relates to his own father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-03-01
Popularity:
River of Love
Overview: A married man has two daughters with his mistress and then abandons her. Years later, the mother is killed in a train accident while the now-grown daughters become involved with prostitution, pimps, rape and incest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1971-01-01
Popularity:
Fighting the Storm
Overview: After the accidental drowning death of their son, a military truck driver begins to doubt the faithfulness of his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1974-01-01
Popularity:
Mist of Purple Silk
Overview: Miranti is left a widow after her pilot husband dies in an accident. She forces herself to work independently, despite feeling alienated. She soon learns that her brother-in-law Dimas cares greatly for her. Miranti ultimately realises that his feelings are more than just pity, and the two can unite.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1979-01-14
Popularity:
Bitter Coffee
Overview: Togar, a student from North Sumatra is expected by his parents to graduate. Because his talent is in journalism, Togar fails and becomes a labourer in a cement factory. With the assistance of Buyung, Togar begins writing for a newspaper and then quits his job in the cement factory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1985-01-02
Popularity:
Doctor Siti Pertiwi Returns to the Village
Overview: After her graduation as a doctor, Siti Pertiwi is sent to the Menggala area in Lampung. She has to deal with many problems, such as the corrupt paramedics who assist her and the villagers’ fear of the shaman – Atuk Raja – and his men. These problems have complicated her role as the local doctor. Then she receives help from a student who interns in the area. Unfortunately, the assistance invites gossip.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1979-12-27
Popularity:
Panji Tengkorak Vs Jaka Umbaran
Overview: Masked vigilante Panji Tengkorak (Sutomo) helps two sisters get revenge on the gang who killed their master.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1983-01-01
Popularity:
The Blind Man from Ghost Cave
Overview: Mysterious blind man Mata Malikat arrives in a small village and disrupts the peace, starting with killing one of the village's most respected fighters. The fighter's son then tries to avenge his death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1970-01-01
Popularity:
Lightning in the Night
Overview: While trying to apprehend a robber / murderer, a detective and some other officers accidentally burn his house down and kill his son and brother-in-law. Five years later, the same detective ends up stranded in a supposed haunted village and is forced to spend the night in a house of an old lady who's actually the murder suspect's mother.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1967-01-01
Popularity:
Senyum di Pagi Bulan Desember
Overview: Filled with surrealistic dream scenes, this fairy-tale-like film sees Buang, Bernardus, and Bakar, three prisoners who run away during a prison revolt. They meet Bunga, a small lonely girl whose parents are busy with work, and whose house is secluded from the neighbours. This meeting transforms the prisoners, into normal decent persons. Happy to find new friends, Bunga steals food from her house for the three new friends. The fairy tale ends when the three convicts are recaptured.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1974-01-01
Popularity:
Perawan Desa
Overview: The film is a "reconstruction" of the real event of Sum Kuning’s rape that happened 10 years before, and sums up the lack of justice in the Indonesian courts. Sumirah, is raped by four vandals but during the investigation, the event is given a ridiculous interpretation when Sum is forced to confess that she was trying to gain popularity for herself. During the trial, the true facts are revealed gradually and this ranks as one of the best courtroom films ever made complete with spirited and lively dialogue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1978-01-01
Popularity:
My Love on Blue Campus
Overview: Anton is a student leader at his campus. His friends expect him to face the despotism of their lecturer, Yusnita. Anton takes this challenge without considering the risk of falling in love with Yusnita, their biggest enemy.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1976-01-16
Popularity:
Oma Irama Penasaran
Overview: A dangdut singer, Oma, is dating Ani, the daughter of a plantation owner. But the girl's father tries to stop their relationship. Then Oma leaves for Jakarta and finally he becomes a major hit. Meanwhile, Ani runs away from home and her parents are worried but the story ends happily.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1976-04-30
Popularity:
Midah Perawan Buronan
Overview: Johar (George Rudy) is a young man who is very lucky because he has succeeded in captivating Midah (Eva Arnaz), the village flower that is being fought over. Their romance is threatened by Mirja (Eddy S. Jonathan), a hero who has long missed Midah's love. Various attempts were made by Mirja to take Midah, and ended by killing Johar and forcing Midah to become his wife.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1983-01-01
Popularity:
A Bud of White Rose
Overview: Pringgo, a wealthy businessman, catches his fiancée making out with another man. In a frustrated state, Pringgo has a car accident. According to the doctors who treat him, Pringgo has to undergo surgery to cure his paralysis. But he doesn’t have the courage and loses the hope to live. While he is treated in a sanatorium, Pringgo gets acquainted with Astuti, a frustrated girl. They finally get married, although in the beginning the relationship is based on pity rather than love. Mrs. Heru, Pringgo’s sister, and Mrs. Brasti, head of Pringgo’s household, oppose this marriage. Mrs. Brasti manages to harm Astuti, which is found out by Pringgo. Then Mrs. Brasti is fired. Gradually he realises how much Astuti really loves him and not for the money he has. Thus Pringgo finds his life spirit back, and has the courage to undergo surgery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1981-06-04
Popularity: