Starring A. Rachman, Neng Titi, Oemar, and Bachtiar Effendi, the two-part film follows the young lovers Norma and Idrus.
Norma is known throughout her hometown of Fort de Kock (now Bukittinggi) for her beauty, to the point that she is known as the "Jasmine of Agam".
Their marriage becomes increasingly unhappy, with Nazzaruddin unable to handle his wife's Western education and Norma sinking further into a depression after hearing of Idrus' death.
The Indonesian film historian Misbach Yusa Biran suggests that this may have been caused by the director Lie Tek Swie working with the Sumatran-born reporter Andjar Asmara.
[2][3] Melati van Agam starred A. Rachman, Neng Titi, Oemar, and Bachtiar Effendi.
Kwee Tek Hoay, writing for Panorama magazine, ridiculed the film's "illogical" plot and wrote that "even the stupidest villager could spot the flaws";[a] he considered Norma's actions more befitting a prostitute than an average woman.