Indonesia Merdeka!

1976 • 1 Season • Ended

Documentary from 1976 about the Indonesian struggle for independence. Unique archive footage and interviews with former vice-president Mahammed Hatta (the only existing interview with him on film), journalist/writer Johan Fabricius, the physician dr. Abu Hafina, the nationalist youth leader Roelan Abgulgani, dr. P. J. Koets, at the time political adviser of the Lt. Governor-General, the Indonesian generals Nasution and Simaupang, and the planter couple Marsman.

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Episodes

E1. Part 1

121 min

The interviewees discuss the nature of Dutch imperialism in the Dutch East Indies, its character as a police state and the lack of political and econo...

E2. Part 2

73 min

The story picks up in 1945. After independence is proclaimed by Sukarno and Hatta, the Dutch start to reassert their authority and refuse to recognise...