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Dasima is a film directed by Tan Tjoei Hock with Mohamad Mochtar
Dasima (1939)
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Dasima is a 1940 film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) directed by Tan Tjoei Hock and produced by The Teng Chun. It is the third adaptation of G. Francis' 1896 novel Tjerita Njai Dasima.
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Winata and his wife Dasima often fight: Winata is often at work, trying to save enough money for their future, whereas Dasima feels he should come home more often. Ultimately this leads to them divorcing. Dasima is then attracted to Samiun and marries him. The relationship quickly sours. Samiun mistreats his wife and wastes their money, gambling away her jewelery. When Dasima makes signs that she wants a divorce and all of her money returned to her, Samiun hires a thug named Puasa to help kill her. They corner Dasima on a bridge, and she jumps to her death. Samiun and Puasa are soon after arrested by the police.Actors
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