Lewat Djam Malam

Lewat Djam Malam (shown internationally as After the Curfew) is a 1954 Indonesian film directed and produced by Usmar Ismail and written by Asrul Sani.

Shortly after the Dutch recognition of Indonesia's independence in 1949, the military in Bandung, West Java, establishes a curfew.

He goes to see his former squad member, Gafar, who is now a successful building contractor, and explains that he feels that nobody understands him as a revolutionary, and that he still hears the screams of a family that he had killed.

The former lieutenant ignores this advice and goes to see Gunawan, who now works to nationalise the economy and is not afraid to use force against his competitors.

After Iskandar accidentally spills water on a girl's dress at the party, for which he is scolded, he goes to his room and takes his revolver.

[8] The master copies of Lewat Djam Malam were stored at Sinematek Indonesia when the film archive was established in the 1970s.

When government funding ceased in 2001, the institution was unable to properly care for the celluloid, which led to the decay of many films.

[6] Beginning in 2010 on recommendation of JB Kristanto, the National Museum of Singapore (NMS) and the World Cinema Foundation, in collaboration with Sinematek Indonesia, the Konfiden Foundation and Kineforum, began work on restoring the film; this restoration was meant as an impetus to better preserve classic Indonesian movies.

[7] The director of L'Immagine, Davide Pozzi, stated that the film was in fairly good condition excepting a bit of mould.

The restoration received a theatrical release in Indonesia beginning on 21 June 2012[7] and was screened at the London Film Festival in October 2012.

[9] Lewat Djam Malam was in competition for eight awards at the inaugural Indonesian Film Festival in 1955, winning five; several of these were shared with Lilik Sudjio's Tarmina.

Netty Herawaty on the set of Lewat Djam Malam with director Usmar Ismail