Begadang (1978)
There is a street food stall in a village where unemployed men hang around, singing and gambling. Ani’s parents and Heri’s father, a judge, are angered by the gambling. But Rhoma, son of a poor widow, often sings his self-composed songs there, as he is still unemployed. A friend suggests that he should go to a recording company. He succeeds and his songs are hits. Then Heri falls in love with Ani, Rhoma’s girlfriend. So he conspires with the friends that he often gambles with at the eatery, and when Rhoma tries to help a hostess who has been killed, he is instead accused as the murderer and jailed. In the end, the true murderer is discovered, and Rhoma and Ani can be together again.
Director:
Maman Firmansyah
Writer:
Maman Firmansyah
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Rhoma Irama as Rhoma |
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Yati Octavia as Ani |
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Billy Argo as |
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Chitra Dewi as |
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Sukarno M. Noor as |
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Abdul Hamid Arief as |
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Doddy Sukma as |
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Yetty Loren as |
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Komalasari as |
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Fakhri Amrullah as |
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Urip Arphan as |
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Pipiet Sandra as |
| Production | Zainal Abidin | Producer |
| Directing | Maman Firmansyah | Director |
| Writing | Maman Firmansyah | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maman Firmansyah | Story |
| Writing | Rhoma Irama | Story |
| Sound | Rhoma Irama | Music Director |
| Art | Nahaly | Art Direction |
| Editing | Mulyadi | Editor |
| Camera | D Hasan Rate | Director of Photography |