Directed by:
Vladimír SísCinematography:
Josef VanišComposer:
Wiliam BukovýCast:
Martin Růžek, Hana Kreihanslová, Gustav Heverle, Jaroslav Kála, Soeherman, J. P. Ibrahim, Bambang Hermanto, B. Pitradjaja, Banbang Irawan, Saul Dudung (more)Plots(1)
After the end of the Second World War, the fighting continued in some parts of the world, as colonized countries struggled for independence. In the setting for this film, Indonesian soldiers have already won freedom for the island of Java, but on Kalimantan, called Borneo by the colonizers, Dutch soldiers remain. One day they bombard a village and only the Indonesian Captain Bitah survives. Under dramatic circumstances, he manages to reach Java on a raft. There, he establishes a small partisan unit dropped from an airplane over the Kalimantan jungle. During the descent, one of the paratroopers is severely injured and another one, the telegraphist Sarto, loses the transmitter in the moorland. Dutch soldiers find the parachute and begin to pursue the partisans. Several of Bitah's men died, but men from the villages gradually join the unit. Sarto and the soldier Siput disguise themselves as fishermen and creep into the residence of a Dutch colonel. The Indonesian servant Nathan takes Sarto to a transmitter, and Sarto manages to transmit the information concerning the place where the support and weapons are to be dropped off. Right afterwards, Sarto is shot dead by Dutch guards. The next morning, Siput and Nathan are put before an execution squad. But before they die, they can hear the Indonesian airplanes bringing help from Java to Bitah and his men. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Martin Růžek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
All My Compatriots (1968) - narrator
Hana Kreihanslová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Honour and Glory (1968)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
Gustav Heverle
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
Romeo a Julie na konci listopadu (1971) (TV movie)
Jaroslav Kála
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Soeherman
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
J. P. Ibrahim
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Bambang Hermanto
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
B. Pitradjaja
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Banbang Irawan
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Saul Dudung
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Choesarie
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Soenardi
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Koesno
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Pedro Parera
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Abdul Kadir
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Donald Hartono
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Manan Dipa
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Litbagay
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Raden Ismail Djajaningrat
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)
Sofia Waldi
Best movies:
Operation Kalimantan (1962)