Sofia W.D.
During the Japanese occupation, she attended Andjar Asmara's theater school. In 1948, she made her film debut in Air Mata Mengalir di Tjitaroem, using the name Sofia Waldy. After a divorce from first husband S. Waldy, she married actor W.D. Mochtar and began professionally using the name Sofia W.D., starting in 1964. Not just an award-winning actress of both stage and screen who appeared in well over 100 films, Sofia also became one of Indonesia's first female directors with 1962's Badai-Selatan ("Southern Storm"), a horror tale that was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. She produced, wrote and even operated the camera on a number of films, and was the director of the production companies Film Capital, Libra Film and Dirgahayu Jaya Film over the course of her busy and prolific career.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.636 |
| Birthday | 1924-10-12 |
| Place of Birth | Bandung, Indonesia |
| Also Known As | Sofia Waldi, Sofia Waldy, Sofia WD, Sofia, Sofia (Sofia WD), |
1983
The Five Faces of Kadarwati
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Kadarwati, a young Javanese student in 1940s Singapore, is forced to become a 'comfort woman' by the occupying Japanese military
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The Five Faces of Kadarwati
1981
Amalia, Bachelor of Law
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Amalia SH is a lawyer from the Legal Aid Institute. He visits his best friend, Frans, who is being held for extortion. Frans doesn't want to be defend...
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Amalia, Bachelor of Law
1982
Wedding 83
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Hendro, Diana’s father, does not approve of her romance with Bije, and wants to marry Tony. Then Diana runs away with Bije to a small village where Di...
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Wedding 83
1979
Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
0/0
A mental hospital becomes a sanctuary for their ex-patients when they feel rejected by a society who thinks that they have an illness that can never b...
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Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
1979
Yeah, Right...
0/0
Following the trend for dangdut musicals, such as the successful ones starring Rhoma Irama, Elvy Sukaesih, and A. Rafiq, this film even features a lea...
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Yeah, Right...
1984
For You, I'll Give Everything
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Plot Unknown
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For You, I'll Give Everything
1981
Stain on a White Gown
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Mrs. Ismail is depressed and blind. Her oldest child dies and the romance of her daughter, Dewi, is opposed by the parents of her boyfriend, Lukman. T...
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Stain on a White Gown
1979
Teenage Idol
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Tina a kindergarten teacher from a poor family is persuaded to be a prostitute in Jakarta, after being trapped by a women-trafficking syndicate. Meanw...
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Teenage Idol
1984
The Moments You Lie on My Chest
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Cia marries Dono, a university administration employee. Cia marries him to soothe her heartbreak when her father marries her best friend, Lies. But wh...
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The Moments You Lie on My Chest
1981
The Queen of Black Magic
6.7/17
A woman is seduced by and cast aside by a fickle lover. When the lover marries another woman who starts hallucinating during their wedding, she is acc...
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The Queen of Black Magic
1970
The Longest Dark
0/0
Supinah, a prostitute, is picked up by a kindly rich man, Budi. They fall in love and she recounts how she, as a naive willage woman, was lured into p...
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The Longest Dark
1975
Malam Pengantin
0/0
Lestari stops teaching when she marries Rama who has returned from abroad. Lestari, who is an only child and an orphan, is infertile. One day she meet...
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Malam Pengantin
1970
Samiun dan Dasima
0/0
Drawing from the novel, lenong (play) and the previous film (Njai Dasima I), this new film version has heightened erotic scenes considered the boldest...
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Samiun dan Dasima
1970
Romansa
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Marzuki has a relationship with Fatimah, but they do not get her parents’ approval because he is unemployed. He goes to the city to find a job, but th...
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Romansa
1973
Lagu Untukmu
0/0
Containing eight songs, the film is like TV variety show of music and singers. Charma, an architecture student, falls in love with Anita. Thanks to ad...
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Lagu Untukmu
1960
Tjita-Tjita Ajah
0/0
Firman inherits a piece of land and a hut from his late father. He works hard by selling fruits, to fulfil his father’s dream, of ensuring that his li...
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Tjita-Tjita Ajah
1994
Pergaulan Metropolis
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Ineke, the owner of an advertising firm, turns to lesbian relationships because men have broken her heart to many times. Ineke is having an affair wit...
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Pergaulan Metropolis
1978
The Temptation of the Demon Woman
6/1
Family Karta (Fadly) almost always be the butt of stealth woman (Sofia WD). That's because the act Karta away from the worship of God. The emergence o...
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The Temptation of the Demon Woman
1973
The Lady
0/0
Attraction at first sight, makes Hendrawansyah (Sophan Sophian) continue to pursue Maryani (Widyawati). He did not back down even though he later foun...
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The Lady
1982
The White Crocodile
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A white alligator lives in a big river in a village. It drags Kadir’s daughter, Juleha, and drowns her. Thanks to Komar the alligator tamer, Juleha is...
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The White Crocodile
1980
Queen of the South Coast
0/0
Based on the story of Nyi Roro Kidul, the ruler of the south sea, her favourite daughter wants to live on land by incarnating as a carp. The fish is f...
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Queen of the South Coast
1979
Antidote for Witchcraft
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Darmi, an unfaithful married woman, uses a magical charm to preserve her youth. Once her husband finds out what she's been up to (which includes screw...
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Antidote for Witchcraft
1977
The Midwife: Praji Magic
0/0
The film tells a story about Nyi Anis who uses black magic because she is vengeful towards her husband who has thrown her out of the house. The condit...
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The Midwife: Praji Magic
1982
Roro Mendut
5/1
Directed by Ami Priyono.
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Roro Mendut
1973
The Moon on the Graveyard
0/0
Back when urbanization was a new phenomenon, this film captured the aspirations desired by three young men from North Sumatera of Batak ethnicity. As...
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The Moon on the Graveyard
1976
Max Havelaar
6/14
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually hel...
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Max Havelaar
1977
Greedy Appetite
0/0
After Tini catches her boyfriend Narno trying to seduce her sister Tina and ends their relationship, she mysteriously dies from a snakebite. Narno's m...
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Greedy Appetite
1983
Fatima
0/0
To save her daughter, Fatima agrees to be sent to Malaya to work as a sex slave for Japanese soldiers. There, she joins with the resistance to help de...
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Fatima
1971
River of Love
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A married man has two daughters with his mistress and then abandons her. Years later, the mother is killed in a train accident while the now-grown dau...
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River of Love
1980
Lady in a Trap
0/0
The film tells the story of Fitria, the symbol of Indonesian women who are beautiful, subtle, humble, simple and very flexible in all respects. She al...
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Lady in a Trap
1955
Golden Queen
0/0
A wealthy man marries twice. His jealous second wife murders the first and gets away with it and then plots, along with her daughter, to do away with...
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Golden Queen
1977
Badai Pasti Berlalu
7/1
Siska, a young woman was heartbroken after her fiancé broke off their engagement. Unwilling to see his sister depressed, her brother Johnny introduced...
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Badai Pasti Berlalu
1977
Christina
0/0
Christina has to deal with a corrupt bank president father, a cutthroat and backstabbing sister, an unfaithful lover and a gigolo plotting to rob the...
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Christina
1981
Mystics in Bali
5.7/35
An anthropologist named Cathy travels to Bali with her lover to conduct research on black magic. There, they encounter the queen of the Leák cult, a s...
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Mystics in Bali
1985
Arie Hanggara
0/0
Based on the true story of a victim of child abuse in Jakarta, 1984.
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Arie Hanggara
1973
The Earth Gets Hotter
0/0
Maria (Suzzanna) goes to prison for murdering her own father. Upon release, she becomes a prostitute and then has a difficult time maintaining a roman...
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The Earth Gets Hotter
1953
Bulan Purnama
0/0
Prince Citra wants to replace the dying King Basilam. He threatens the queen that he will kill the baby in her womb if it turns out to be a boy. To sa...
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Bulan Purnama
1953
Dendang Sajang
0/0
Machmood and Ali are best friends. Ali's father, Commander Usman, proposes to Guru to have his daughter Halimah, marry his son. But Halimah is Machmoo...
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Dendang Sajang
1954
Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)
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Irawani and Hidayat get engaged to each other. Irawani relates the story of her parents, Irawan and Sunarti. When the couple goes through a hard time,...
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Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)
1957
Biola
0/0
A student (Arfandi) is very depressed, for being known as a bastard child or “anak haram”, the original title of Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s story, on whi...
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Biola
1958
Gending Sriwidjaja
0/0
Set in a time of guerrilla revolution and told in flashback, two friends, Rustam and Guscik, are members of ABRI (the Indonesian Armed Forces), who ar...
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Gending Sriwidjaja
1983
Behind the Mosquito Net
7.5/2
A portrait of newly married couple, Nurlela and Hasan, who have to live at the house of Nurlelas’s father. They do not have enough money to find a pla...
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Behind the Mosquito Net
1954
Djakarta di Waktu Malam
0/0
Sriwardhani becomes a singer at "Happy World", after her father is killed by a gang of robbers. There she meets Edy Sumarno and they get married witho...
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Djakarta di Waktu Malam
1984
Treachery of G30S/PKI
6/4
The official story about the events surrounding the 30 September 1965 coup d'etat carried out by Colonel Untung, the Commandant of the Cakrabirawa Bat...
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