Zoebaida (Perfected Spelling: Zubaida) is a 1940 film from the Dutch East Indies directed by Njoo Cheong Seng.
[5] Biran also suggests that Njoo had been experimenting freely with the film, giving names on a whim and unrealistic, bright costumes.
[7] Cinematography was handled by JJW Steffens, a Dutchman who worked for Dutch Indies Film Syndicate (Algemeen Nederlandsch Indisch Filmsyndicaat, or ANIF).
Filming was completed over a period of 27 days in ANIF's studio complex in Batavia, which was rented at a rate of 1,500 gulden a month.
[3] The film featured seven songs by the Hawaiian-influence group Oriental Novelty Five,[8] with sound editing handled by KN Boen.
[2] Njoo directed one further film for Oriental, Pantjawarna, in 1941; he left the studio with Young not long afterwards and joined Majestic Pictures.