Laila Majenun

Laila Majenun (1975)

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A little boy is told the tale about the development of Jakarta, when a village was divided into two, and causing the people to oppose each other. On one side, there is Anton while the other side is lead by Mahmud. Maulana, the village boy whom Anton has adopted, falls in love with Laila, the sister of Mahmud. This love affair irritates Majid, Mahmud’s right-hand man, because he has loves Laila, long before her meeting with Maulana. Maulana and Laila refuse to take sides between the two opposing sides, and try to reconcile them. But a battle is inevitable. In the end, Mahmud kills Anton; but Mahmud dies at the hand of Maulana, his future brother-in-law. Then Maulana runs to Laila’s house and confesses. Laila forgives him, but Majid cannot. He orders a boy to steal the gun of Sabeni, an informant, and he shoots Maulana with it. While the intention was to make this film a musical, it didn’t work as the “realistic world” and the “musical world” could not blend fully.

Director: Sjuman Djaya
Writer: Sjuman Djaya

Casts

	Achmad Albar as Anton
	Parto Tegal as Mahmud
	Deddy Sutomo as Maulana
	Rini S. Bono as Laila
	Farouk Afero as Majid
	Mang Udel as Sabeni
	Soultan Saladin as
	Meike Sondakh as
	Aedy Moward as
	Kusno Sudjarwadi as
	Ida Kusumah as
	Pong Harjatmo as
	Sentot Sudiharto as
	El Manik as
	Linda Karim as
	Urip Arphan as
	Rina Hasyim as

Crew