Indonesia Merdeka!

About the show

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.

Starring

Jan Blokker

Narrator

Mohammad Hatta

Self

AH

Abdul Haris Nasution

Self

TS

T.B. Simatupang

Self

RA

Roeslan Abdulgani

Self

PK

P.J. Koets

Self