Sofia W.D.
Birthday: 1924-10-12
Place of Birth: Bandung, Indonesia
Biography: During the Japanese occupation, she attended Andjar Asmara's theater school. In 1948, she made her film debut in Air Mata Mengalir di Tjitaroem, using the name Sofia Waldy. After a divorce from first husband S. Waldy, she married actor W.D. Mochtar and began professionally using the name Sofia W.D., starting in 1964. Not just an award-winning actress of both stage and screen who appeared in well over 100 films, Sofia also became one of Indonesia's first female directors with 1962's Badai-Selatan ("Southern Storm"), a horror tale that was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. She produced, wrote and even operated the camera on a number of films, and was the director of the production companies Film Capital, Libra Film and Dirgahayu Jaya Film over the course of her busy and prolific career.
Movies
The Five Faces of Kadarwati
Kadarwati, a young Javanese student in 1940s Singapore, is forced to become a 'comfort woman' by the...
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Amalia, Bachelor of Law
Amalia SH is a lawyer from the Legal Aid Institute. He visits his best friend, Frans, who is being h...
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Wedding 83
Hendro, Diana’s father, does not approve of her romance with Bije, and wants to marry Tony. Then Dia...
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Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
A mental hospital becomes a sanctuary for their ex-patients when they feel rejected by a society who...
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Yeah, Right...
Following the trend for dangdut musicals, such as the successful ones starring Rhoma Irama, Elvy Suk...
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Stain on a White Gown
Mrs. Ismail is depressed and blind. Her oldest child dies and the romance of her daughter, Dewi, is ...
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Teenage Idol
Tina a kindergarten teacher from a poor family is persuaded to be a prostitute in Jakarta, after bei...
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The Moments You Lie on My Chest
Cia marries Dono, a university administration employee. Cia marries him to soothe her heartbreak whe...
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The Queen of Black Magic
A woman is seduced by and cast aside by a fickle lover. When the lover marries another woman who sta...
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The Longest Dark
Supinah, a prostitute, is picked up by a kindly rich man, Budi. They fall in love and she recounts h...
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Malam Pengantin
Lestari stops teaching when she marries Rama who has returned from abroad. Lestari, who is an only c...
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Samiun dan Dasima
Drawing from the novel, lenong (play) and the previous film (Njai Dasima I), this new film version h...
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Romansa
Marzuki has a relationship with Fatimah, but they do not get her parents’ approval because he is une...
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Lagu Untukmu
Containing eight songs, the film is like TV variety show of music and singers. Charma, an architectu...
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Tjita-Tjita Ajah
Firman inherits a piece of land and a hut from his late father. He works hard by selling fruits, to ...
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Pergaulan Metropolis
Ineke, the owner of an advertising firm, turns to lesbian relationships because men have broken her ...
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The Temptation of the Demon Woman
Family Karta (Fadly) almost always be the butt of stealth woman (Sofia WD). That's because the act K...
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The Lady
Attraction at first sight, makes Hendrawansyah (Sophan Sophian) continue to pursue Maryani (Widyawat...
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The White Crocodile
A white alligator lives in a big river in a village. It drags Kadir’s daughter, Juleha, and drowns h...
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Queen of the South Coast
Based on the story of Nyi Roro Kidul, the ruler of the south sea, her favourite daughter wants to li...
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Antidote for Witchcraft
Darmi, an unfaithful married woman, uses a magical charm to preserve her youth. Once her husband fin...
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The Midwife: Praji Magic
The film tells a story about Nyi Anis who uses black magic because she is vengeful towards her husba...
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The Moon on the Graveyard
Back when urbanization was a new phenomenon, this film captured the aspirations desired by three you...
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Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he ca...
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Greedy Appetite
After Tini catches her boyfriend Narno trying to seduce her sister Tina and ends their relationship,...
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Fatima
To save her daughter, Fatima agrees to be sent to Malaya to work as a sex slave for Japanese soldier...
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River of Love
A married man has two daughters with his mistress and then abandons her. Years later, the mother is ...
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Lady in a Trap
The film tells the story of Fitria, the symbol of Indonesian women who are beautiful, subtle, humble...
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Golden Queen
A wealthy man marries twice. His jealous second wife murders the first and gets away with it and the...
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Badai Pasti Berlalu
Siska, a young woman was heartbroken after her fiancé broke off their engagement. Unwilling to see h...
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Christina
Christina has to deal with a corrupt bank president father, a cutthroat and backstabbing sister, an ...
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Mystics in Bali
An anthropologist named Cathy travels to Bali with her lover to conduct research on black magic. The...
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The Earth Gets Hotter
Maria (Suzzanna) goes to prison for murdering her own father. Upon release, she becomes a prostitute...
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Bulan Purnama
Prince Citra wants to replace the dying King Basilam. He threatens the queen that he will kill the b...
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Dendang Sajang
Machmood and Ali are best friends. Ali's father, Commander Usman, proposes to Guru to have his daugh...
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Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)
Irawani and Hidayat get engaged to each other. Irawani relates the story of her parents, Irawan and ...
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Biola
A student (Arfandi) is very depressed, for being known as a bastard child or “anak haram”, the origi...
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Gending Sriwidjaja
Set in a time of guerrilla revolution and told in flashback, two friends, Rustam and Guscik, are mem...
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Behind the Mosquito Net
A portrait of newly married couple, Nurlela and Hasan, who have to live at the house of Nurlelas’s f...
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Djakarta di Waktu Malam
Sriwardhani becomes a singer at "Happy World", after her father is killed by a gang of robbers. Ther...
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Treachery of G30S/PKI
The official story of the events surrounding the September 30 to October 1, 1965 attempted coup d'et...
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Tikungan Maut
Rahmat loves speeding, that's why he has a regular garage. There he meets Nani, who wants to learn t...
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The Last Train
With the failure of Linggarjati Agreement as the background, a heroic and also a love story are inte...
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Hatiku dalam Hatimu
Tells the story of an orphaned young man who moved to Jakarta to try his luck and also to erase the ...
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Timang-timang Anakku Sayang
Tells the story of a family that experiences chaos after the father dies. Sofia's stepson drives out...
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Badja Membara (Nila Meulila)
It tells the story of Budiman and Abdullah who escaped from the Japanese army. Budiman was shot dead...
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Dilereng Gunung Kawi
The story about the revolutionary period. A pair of warriors who love each other face adversity. The...
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Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)
Legend about Loro Jonggrang's love story with Bandung Bondowoso. When he was newly appointed as Seno...
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