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Darah dan Doa

Darah dan Doa
A two-tone magazine advertisement in red ink. At the top is a small depiction of a man in front of a line of soldiers, as well as a cast list and the name of the film. At the bottom is an indistinct still from the film.
Magazine advertisement, Aneka (1 September 1950)
Directed by Usmar Ismail
Produced by Usmar Ismail
Written by
Starring
  • Del Juzar
  • Ella Bergen
  • Aedy Muward
  • Awaluddin Djamin
Music by G. R. W. Sinsu
Cinematography Max Tera
Edited by Djohan Sjafri
Production
company
Distributed by Spectra Film Exchange
Release date
  • 1950 (1950)
Running time
 128 minutes
Country Indonesia
Language Indonesian
Budget 350,000 rupiah

Darah dan Doa ([daˈrah ˈdan doˈa]; Indonesian for Blood and Prayer, released internationally as The Long March) is a 1950 Indonesian war film directed and produced by Usmar Ismail. Telling the story of the Siliwangi Division and its leader Captain Sudarto on a march to West Java, Darah dan Doa is often cited as the first "Indonesian" film, and the film's first day of shooting – 30 March – is celebrated in Indonesia as National Film Day.

Produced on a budget of 350,000 rupiah and intended to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival, financial difficulties led production of Darah dan Doa to almost stop before the director received financial backing. After raising controversy for its subject material, the film underwent censorship and was finally released to commercial failure. Retrospective analysis has, however, been more positive, and Ismail has been dubbed the "father of Indonesian film".

The Siliwangi Division, originally headquartered in West Java, is temporarily based in Central Java owing to the Renville Agreement. After putting down a communist rebellion in Madiun, killing numerous members of the Communist Party of Indonesia in the process, they are on a break. The division's leader, Captain Sudarto, meets with an Indo woman named Connie, who is originally from Bandung. The two become friendly, but after a Dutch attack is launched on the capital at Yogyakarta, they must separate as the division heads westwards. Captain Sudarto leads his men – together with women and children – over more than 200 kilometres (120 mi), resting during the day and travelling in the morning and evening. They face hunger, a shortage of supplies, and Dutch air strikes. Along the way, Sudarto begins falling in love with a nurse named Widya.


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