Soegija

Soegija
Promotional poster
Directed byGarin Nugroho
Written byArmantono, Garin Nugroho
Produced byY.I. Iswarahadi SJ, Djaduk Ferianto, Murti Hadi Wijayanto SJ, Tri Giovanni
StarringNirwan Dewanto, Annie Hertami, Wouter Zweers, Wouter Braaf, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Olga Lydia, Margono, Butet Kartaredjasa, Hengky Solaiman, Andrea Reva, Rukman Rosadi, Eko cockscomb
CinematographyGarin Nugroho
Edited byGarin Nugroho
Music byDjaduk Ferianto
Production
company
Release date
  • 7 June 2012 (2012-06-07)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryIndonesia
LanguagesIndonesian
Javanese
Dutch
Japanese
BudgetRp 12 Billion[1] (about $1,270,000)

Soegija is an epic history drama of Indonesia, directed by the senior director of Indonesia Garin Nugroho, about national hero Albertus Soegijapranata. The film, starring actors with a diversity of cultural backgrounds, is launched in Indonesia on 7 June 2012. With a budget of around Rp 12 billion ($1,2 million), the film became the most expensive movie directed by Garin Nugroho so far.

The film was produced with the format that takes the story from the diary of the National Heroes character Mgr. Soegijapranata by taking the background Indonesian National Revolution and the establishment of the United States of Indonesia during the period 1940–1949. The film was directed by veteran director Garin Nugroho and shot within the regional background of Yogyakarta and Semarang. Soegija is not a regular war movie with much combat, but describes the humanity behind the war. It shows how different people from Indonesia, Japan and the Netherlands, civil and military, were dealing with everyday life. Why those people made the choices they made, because of the different backgrounds they all came from.