The film followed the same formula as the earlier hit Terang Boelan (Full Moon; 1937), and saw commercial success domestically.

[3] The Wongs, who had served as cinematographers for Terang Boelan but found themselves unemployed after the studio closed its feature film division, accepted.

The film contained several songs, with vocals by Roekiah, Mochtar, Kartolo, Louis Koch, and Annie Landouw.

A review in the daily Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad wrote that, although the film could not be judged by European standards, the performance by Roekiah was enjoyable and that the domestic cinema seemed "on the right track".

[8] Mocthar and Roekiah, meanwhile, remained the main stars of Tan's until Mochtar left the company in 1940 over a wage dispute.

The American visual anthropologist Karl G. Heider writes that all Indonesian films made before 1950 are lost.