Siti Noerbaja [SEP] country of origin
Siti Noerbaja
Siti Noerbaja (Perfected Spelling: Siti Nurbaya) is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies. Directed by Lie Tek Swie, it was the first film adaptation of Marah Roesli's 1922 novel of the same name. Starring Asmanah, Momo, and Soerjono, it follows two star-crossed teenage lovers.
Plot.
In Padang, childhood friends Samsoelbahri and Siti Noerbaja fall in love and kiss on the veranda, but are soon parted by their parents. Samsoelbahri goes to Batavia (Jakarta) to
two of the company's three productions. These two films were "Ikan Doejoeng" ("Mermaid") and "Siti Noerbaja". "Ikan Doejoeng" was an original production which followed a girl who becomes a mermaid after having to choose between a man she loves and a man she is forced to marry, while "Siti Noerbaja" was an adaptation of Marah Rusli's 1923 novel of the same name which follows a young woman – who is killed by her greedy husband – and her ex-lover