Si Pitoeng (film)

Directed by the Wong brothers and starring Herman Shim and Ining Resmini, it was the first film based on the life of Si Pitung, a bandit from Batavia (modern-day Jakarta).

The historical Si Pitung was a 19th-century bandit in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia).

He began his criminal career in 1892 by robbing Hadji Sapiudin, a wealthy landowner who lived northeast of Batavia.

[3] Later folklore led to him becoming an Indonesian Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give to the poor,[4] and attributed mystical powers.

He steals from the rich citizens while dealing with a love interest (Ining Resmini) and police officer (Zorro).