Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman [SEP] country of origin
Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman
Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman (Malay for "Pah Wongso the Righteous Warrior") is a 1941 detective film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). The first production by Star Film, it was produced by Jo Eng Sek and features camerawork by Cho' Chin Hsin. Starring Pah Wongso, Elly Joenara and Mohamad Arief, it follows the social worker Pah Wongso as he investigates a murder to clear his protégé's name.
The first film of its genre to be produced in the Indies
"Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman". The story was written by Saeroen, who was signed from Union Film for this production. Saeroen had risen to fame after writing the box office hit "Terang Boelan" (1939), and his works for Tan's Film and Union had likewise been successes. Production had begun by September 1941.
Wijnhamer returned from the "Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman", and took up four different characters. Three further actors returned from the original film: M Arief, Primo Oesman, and R