Karnadi Anemer Bangkong | |
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Directed by | G. Krugers |
Produced by | G. Krugers |
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Rasiah Nu Goreng Patut (Karnadi Anemer Bangkong) by Joehana and Sukria |
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Krugers-Filmbedrijf
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Country | Dutch East Indies |
Karnadi Anemer Bangkong (English: Karnadi the Frog Contractor; also known as Karnadi Tangkep Bangkong, meaning Karnadi Catches Frogs) is a 1930 comedy from the Dutch East Indies directed by G. Krugers. It is considered the country's first talkie, although parts were silent and the sound quality was poor. Based on a popular Sundanese novel, the film was considered controversial by the native audience.
Karnadi is a young Sundanese frog chaser who enjoys eating the frogs he catches. He later takes the identity of a rich man and tries to adapt to the latter's surroundings, but is eventually discovered.
Karnadi Anemer Bangkong was directed by G. Krugers, an Indo filmmaker who had worked on the Dutch East Indies' first domestic production, Loetoeng Kasaroeng, in 1926. The story was adapted from the best-selling novel Roesia nu Goreng Patut, written by the Sundanese authors Joehana and Sukria. Krugers had previously adapted another of Joehana's works, Eulis Atjih, in 1928.
The film was released shortly after the first talkies shown in the Indies, Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 and The Rainbow Man (both 1929), were released. Attempting to capture this new technology, Krugers used a single system camera that he had obtained with the help of his Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers membership. Krugers was unable to record all of the dialogue necessary for the film, so some parts used intertitles; thus, the film was a part-talkie.