The black-and-white production starred Roekiah (as Princess Shams-al-Nahar) and Djoemala;[1][2] the two had been paired in romantic roles since Sorga Ka Toedjoe in 1940.
[3] The film also featured Wolly Sutinah, Kartolo, Husein, Ali, Rd Dadang Ismail.
Tan's promotional material stated that it had employed "hundreds, if not thousands" ("ratoesan, kalau boleh riboean") of cast members.
[4] Neither of Tan's works adapted from Nights were completed the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies began in 1942.
[8] Roekiah appeared in a single film, the short propaganda piece Ke Seberang (1944), before her death in 1945.