Sedap Malam (Indonesian Sweetness of the Night, or a name of a night-blooming flower) is a 1951 film directed by Ratna Asmara and produced by Djamaluddin Malik for Persari.

Over a period of several years, Patmah has worked to help her husband Tamin build his book-selling business into a large printing house.

Outraged at her husband's polygyny, Patmah abandons him and goes to work as a nurse, leaving their four-year-old daughter Nuraini with her friend, Tinah.

[5] Production for Sedap Malam began in September 1950,[6] and by December of that year Persari was advertising its black-and-white film as being immediately ready for distribution.

By May 1951 Sedap Malam had been released in Malang, East Java, where it was described as a "super production by Persari which will shake and demand the attention of society".

Only five women directors other than Ratna Asmara are recorded between 1950 and 1998: Roostijati, Chitra Dewi, Sofia W.D., Rima Melati, and Ida Farida.