Jalan Raya Pos

Bernie IJdis / NL, 1996 / 155 min.

Road movie-like documentary about the Great Post Road. The 1,000 km long road was built under the Dutch colonialist Daendels and cost the lives of thousands of Indonesian forced labourers.

poster Jalan Raya Pos (De Grote Postweg) (Bernie IJdis, NL 1996)

Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925), one of the most important Indonesian authors in recent decades, wrote an essay on the Great Post Road from an Indonesian perspective at director Bernie IJdis’ request. The road was built in the early 19th century by the Dutch and killed many of the locals who were forced to work on the road’s construction.

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Director

Bernie IJdis

Production year

1996

Country

Original title

Jalan Raya Pos

Length

155 min.

Language

Indonesian, English

Subtitles

NLD

Format

35mm

Part of

Eye Classics

Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. We screen them regularly, in various programmes. Eye now brings film history even closer with its new series Eye Classics: three classics a week, chosen by Eye's programmers. On the big screen, screened in 35mm whenever possible.

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