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South Pacific Film Corporation
Dutch film producer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The South Pacific Film Corporation (SPFC) was a Dutch government sponsored feature film producer in the Dutch West Indies. A separate unit produced newsreels in Indonesia. The production company was sponsored under the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration. It was preceded by the Netherlands Indies Government Information Service.
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Andjar Asmara worked for SPFC beginning in 1948.[1][2] He brought Usmar Ismail, a young journalist with whom he had previously discussed filmmaking, to work as an assistant director.[3][4] The two Native Indonesians had limited creative input, serving more as acting and dialogue coaches, while Dutch cameraman, A. A. Denninghoff-Stelling, had control of the final product.[1][5]
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SPFC produced six films in 1949.[6]
Max Tera worked for South Pacific Film Corporation and learned cinematography from Dutch cameraman Denninghoff-Stelling.
Rendra Karno (Soekarno) had a role in the company's production Anggrek Bulan. A. Hamid Arief acted in films for the South Pacific Film Corporation, including Usmar Ismail's debut film Tjitra.