Movies by Usmar Ismail

Tiga Dara

Tiga Dara

Three sisters—Nunung, Nana and Nenny—are being raised by their grandmother in Jakarta after their mother's death. Though the sisters' father Sukandar lives with them, he is too involved in his own work to pay them heed.

After the Curfew

After the Curfew

A hero of revolution returns to civilian life to find the new society very different from the ideals he fought for.

The Struggle

The Struggle

Devoted to the heroes who fought for their homeland’s freedom in the 1947 Indonesian war of liberation.

Anak-anak Revolusi

Anak-anak Revolusi

During the revolution, Japan is defeated but has yet to surrender so a 14-year-old boy insists on joining the army, to avenge his father, who is incarcerated in Nusa Kambangan for murder. His actions are brave yet extreme in every way. Recognising this, the commander promotes the boy to section head, even though all his men are older than he is. He takes the most dangerous missions and as a result, one of his men dies. The late man’s girlfriend then volunteers, and is also killed, after being just as reckless as the boy.

Toha, Pahlawan Bandung Selatan

Toha, Pahlawan Bandung Selatan

This is the heroic story of Mochamad Toha, who successfully blew up a Dutch ammunition depot in Bandung and ruined their defences. Set in Bandung at the time of transition, between the departing Japanese and the incoming Dutch (who are supported by the British), Indonesians had to fight for their independence. Toha emerged as a leader of the common people, who saw injustice and oppression, and who sacrificed himself by blowing up the ammunition depot.