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Njai Dasima, 1929
The poster for a Batavia silent of 1929.
What
The poster for "Njai Dasima", a 1929 film made in the Dutch East Indies from the Malay novel of the same name.
Why
It is one of the earliest fiction films made in what is now Indonesia.
Notice
The heroine's name is the title.
“Early cinema in Batavia”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Njai Dasima (1929), dir. Lie Tek Swie
- Country / studio
- Dutch East Indies · Tan's Film
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- Film poster, Dutch East Indies, 1929
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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