Nawang Wulan (1920)

1920 · Silent film · 9 min · dir. Richard Teschner

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Synopsis

Richard Teschner's puppet-theater performance of Nawang Wulan, the Javanese legend of a nymph whose magic dress is stolen by the youth Kiai-Ageng, filmed by Larus-Film in Berlin in April 1920. It is the earliest film record of Teschner's puppet theater.

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Details

Director

Richard Teschner

Released

1920-01-01

Running time

9 minutes

Language

English

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Silent film
• puppetry
• puppets
• rod puppets
• Richard Teschner
• Indonesian mythology
• 1920

Cast & crew

• RRichard Teschner Director

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