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Si Ronda: 1930 Silent Martial Arts Film

Si Ronda is a 1930 silent film from the Dutch East Indies, directed by Lie Tek Swie, that was adapted from a popular Betawi oral tradition called lenong. It follows the stories of the Betawi bandit Ronda, who is skilled in martial arts and known for robbing from the rich to give to the poor. The film was among the first Indonesian adaptations of lenong stories as bandit films following the success of Si Tjonat in 1929. Scholars believe Ronda was selected because its action sequences would appeal to audiences familiar with similar scenes in American films.

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Si Ronda: 1930 Silent Martial Arts Film

Si Ronda is a 1930 silent film from the Dutch East Indies, directed by Lie Tek Swie, that was adapted from a popular Betawi oral tradition called lenong. It follows the stories of the Betawi bandit Ronda, who is skilled in martial arts and known for robbing from the rich to give to the poor. The film was among the first Indonesian adaptations of lenong stories as bandit films following the success of Si Tjonat in 1929. Scholars believe Ronda was selected because its action sequences would appeal to audiences familiar with similar scenes in American films.

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Si Ronda is a 1930 silent film from the Dutch East Indies, directed by Lie Tek Swie and

starring Bachtiar Effendi (pictured). It was adapted from a lenong (a Betawi oral tradition similar
to a stage play) that was popular with ethnic Chinese and nativeaudiences of the time.
Adaptations of the genre, manifested as bandit films, appeared in domestic cinema following the
release of Si Tjonat by Batavia Motion Picture in 1929. The Ronda stories follow the Betawi
bandit of the same name, who is skilled at silat (traditional martial arts) and reputed to take from
the rich to give to the poor. The Indonesian film scholar Misbach Yusa Biran suggests that Ronda
was selected for adaptation because of its action sequences. In the domestic cinema, such
sequences had generally been inspired by American works and been well received by
audiences. The production, now thought lost, was one of a series of martial arts films released
between 1929 and 1931. Si Ronda received little coverage in the media upon its release. A
second adaptation of the tale, Si Ronda Macan Betawi, was made in 1978.

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