Film

Nji Ronggeng

1969 · 2h 7m · Drama

Amidst the election rivalry of two villages for the village head post, Cigugur and Cijulang, a troupe of Ronggeng artists, with its prima donna, Sari, arrives at the sub-district center for their regular performance. Sari and Dadang, the son of the Village Elder of Cijulang, are in love with each other. Dadang is also running as a candidate in the village head elections. But Ohim, the son of the Cigugur Village Elder, is also madly in love with Sari. He gets even more daring after a humiliating incident when he tries to touch Sari’s hair bun on the ronggeng stage. The touching of the hair bun is one of the rituals in the traditional art of Ronggeng. Dadang’s father is angered by his son’s relationship with Sari, since it could jeopardize his candidacy as the head of the village.

Chitra Dewi

Sari

Dicky Zulkarnaen

Dadang

Sandy Suwardi Hassan

Ohim

Abdul Hadi

Hadisjam Tahax

Hassan Sanusi

Mansjur Sjah

Abdul Hamid Arief

Syamsuddin Syafei

S. Parya

Jeffry Sani

Husin Lubis

Bissu Usman

Dasri Yacob

Pong Harjatmo

Tatty Saleh

• Alam SurawidjajaDirector · Screenplay
• Wahyu SihombingScreenplay
• Sjuman DjayaScreenplay
• Kurnaen SuhardimanStory
• Sjamsuddin JusufDirector of Photography
• Janis BadarEditor

Release date

May 27, 1969

Status

Released

Original language

Indonesian

Runtime

2h 7m

Genres

Drama