Director

Bachtiar Siagian

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 2107776

IMDb ID: nm2661592

Known for: Directing

Born: February 19, 1923

Died: March 19, 2002

Age: 79

Place of birth: Binjai, North Sumatra province, Indonesia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1958 - 2025

Years active: 68

Wikidata: Q12473148

Also known as

Бахтиар Сиагиан

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Biography

Bachtiar Siagian was arguably the most prominent leftist film maker and theorist during the early years of Indonesia's national cinema. He wrote and directed 13 films from 1955-1965, making him one of the most prolific indigenous Indonesian filmmakers of the era. However, he and his work were targeted by Suharto's anti-communist purge of 1966. He was imprisoned without trial for 12 years and all of his work was destroyed. Only in recent years have prints of some of his films begun to re-emerge.

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