Perfini (''Perusahaan Film Nasional Indonesia'', ''Indonesia National Film Company'') was an Indonesian film production company, based in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

. It was most productive in Indonesian cinema in the 1950s. Its most notable directors were

Usmar Ismail Usmar Ismail (20 March 1921 – 2 January 1971) was an Indonesian film director, author, journalist and revolutionary of Minangkabau descent. He was widely regarded as the native Indonesian pioneer of the cinema of Indonesia. Biography ...

, who directed its first film '' Darah dan Doa'' (1950), and

D. Djajakusuma Djadoeg Djajakusuma (; 1 August 1918 – 28 October 1987) was an Indonesian film director and promoter of traditional art forms. Born to a nobleman and his wife in Temanggung Regency, Temanggung, Central Java, Djajakusuma became interested ...

. By 1966 it reportedly had its own studio, a "20-by-30-meter building large enough for construction of a couple of modest sets".

Filmography

*'' Darah dan Doa'' (The Long March, 1950) *''

Enam Djam di Jogja ''Enam Djam di Jogja'' (Perfected Spelling: ''Enam Jam di Yogya'', literally ''Six Hours in Yogya'') is a 1951 Indonesian film directed by Usmar Ismail. It was the second film to be produced under the PERFINI banner. Detailing the show of force in ...

'' (Six Hours in Yogya, 1951) *''

Embun ''Embun'' (Indonesian for ''Dewdrop'') is a 1952 film directed by D. Djajakusuma for Perfini in his directorial debut. Plot After the conclusion of the Indonesian National Revolution, Leman (AN Alcaff) and Barjo (Rd Ismail) go to the national ca ...

'' ("Dewdrop", 1951) *''

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'' (1951) *'' Terimaiah laguku'' (1952) *'' After the Curfew'' (1953) *'' Krisis'' (1953) *'' Kafedo'' (1953) *''

Harimau Tjampa ''Tiger from Tjampa'' ( id, Harimau Tjampa) is an Indonesian black and white drama film released in 1953, produced by Perfini, written and directed by D. Djajakusuma. It is still highly regarded today in Indonesia as an early portrayal in a fiction ...

'' (Tiger from Tjampa, 1953) *'' Tamu Agung'' (Exalted Guest, 1955) *'' Arni'' (1955) *'' Tiga Dara'' (1956) *''

Tjambuk Api ''Tjambuk Api'' (literally ''Whips of Fire'') is a 1958 Indonesian martial arts film directed by D. Djajakusuma and produced by Usmar Ismail. Starring Bambang Irawan, Aminah Cendrakasih, Soekarno M. Noer, and Rendra Karno, it tells of a young ...

'' ("Whips of Fire", 1958) *'' Pak Prawiro'' (1958) *'' Mak Tjomblang'' (1960) *'' Lahirnja Gatotkatja'' (1960) *''

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'' (1963) *''

Rima Bergema Rima, also known as Rima the Jungle Girl, is the fictional heroine of W. H. Hudson's 1904 novel '' Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest''. In it, Rima, a primitive girl of the shrinking rain forest of South America, meets Abel, a pol ...

'' (1964)

References

{{reflist Film production companies of Indonesia Mass media companies established in 1950 Mass media in Jakarta Indonesian companies established in 1950