Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Birth : 1925-02-06, Blora, Dutch East Indies

Death : 2006-04-30

History

Pramoedya Ananta Toer was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemics and histories of his homeland and its people.

Profile

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Movies

This Earth of Mankind
Novel
A Javanese royal and half-Dutch woman fall in love as Indonesia rises to independence from colonial rule.
The Fugitive
Book
Six months after PETA's failure to fight Nippon, Hardo returns to his village in Blora. His presence is smelled by Nippon, tracked and pursued. In a chase one day and night before the proclamation of independence, a drama of struggle is revealed. The betrayal of Hardo's fiance's father is juxtaposed with the betrayal of his best friend Karmin; the resistance of Dipo and Kartiman juxtaposed with Hardo's resistance; the cruelty of the war and the ego of the invaders, a shidokan of Nippon juxtaposed with the deterioration of war victims of Hardo and Ningsih's father.
Bumi Pramoedya: Cerita Soesilao Toer dari Blora
Himself
Short documenter for Soesilo Toer, a writer and journalism who accused pro PKI.
Menyemai Terang Dalam Kelam
Himself
A history of surrounding the context of the September 30 1965 and the various political and social changes in Indonesian society after that. The film features the voices of the community that during the New Order period silenced. Those who for more than thirty years of those who do not have connections and relationships in the events of 1965 are victims and victimized.
Biola
Story
A student (Arfandi) is very depressed, for being known as a bastard child or “anak haram”, the original title of Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s story, on which the film is based on. Only one of the teachers (Frans Harahap) is understanding and willing to help.