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Rentjong Atjeh
Rentjong Atjeh (Perfected Spelling: Rencong Aceh; meaning Rencong of Aceh) is a 1940 action film from the Dutch East Indies directed by The Teng Chun. Telling of a group who take revenge against pirates in the Strait of Malacca, it starred Ferry Kock, Dewi Mada, Bissoe, Mohammad Mochtar, and Hadidjah. It was filmed near the shore in Batavia (modern day Jakarta) and reused footage from The's earlier work "Alang-Alang" (1939). "Rentjong Atjeh", inspired
advertised as "the first great Malay historical drama".
"Rentjong Atjeh" was a commercial success, which the Indonesian film historian Misbach Yusa Biran credits to Andjar Asmara's marketing skills. Following this, JIF began regularly publishing a promotional magazine titled "JIF Journal" which carried information on its upcoming productions.
"Rentjong Atjeh" is likely a lost film. The American visual anthropologist Karl G. Heider writes that all Indonesian films from before 1950 are lost. However, JB Kristanto's "Katalog Film Indonesia" (