Bawang Puteh, Bawang Merah / directed by S. Roomai Noor.



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Title from disc surface. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. DVD player compatible. "Asian Film Archive, a subsidiary of the National Library Board" -- Disc surface. IMDA: PG. Asian Film Archive (A01194438H) Director of photography, Tsin Ming Chin ; screenwriter, Hamzah ; editor: Hussain Haniff ; music, Zubir Said. Latifah Omar, Umi Kalthum, Mustapha Maarof, Shariff Medan, Mahmud June, Aman Belon, Puteh Lawak, Siti Tanjung Perak, Aminah Yem. In Malay, with English subtitles.

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Bawang Puteh, Bawang Merah / directed by S. Roomai Noor.
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S. Roomai Noor, film director, screenwriter. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyrVv6xwQ7BcyBVgYM3wC.
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Bawang Puteh, Bawang Merah is a musical adaptation of a popular Malay folktale of the same name. It chronicles the struggles of a farmer's daughter, Merah, who is tragically orphaned and left to the care of her vicious stepmother, Kundor, and stepsister, Puteh. With the help of her dead mother, who transformed into a fish upon her death, Merah is noticed by a visiting Prince and they fall in love and get married. However, Kundor continues plotting for Merah's misfortune with her own magical methods.
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