Sarjan Hassan
Sarjan Hassan (English: Sergent Hassan) is 1958 Singaporean Malay-language black-and-white war drama film starring P. Ramlee. The film is set during the Japanese invasion of Malaya during the Second World War. Initially, the film was supposed to be directed by Lamberto Avellana; however, he was unable to fully complete the film. The directing task was later taken over by P. Ramlee.
Plot
Sergeant Hassan (P. Ramlee) was 10 when his father died. His mother had died when he was younger. His late father's boss feels sorry for Hassan and adopts him. However, Hassan's foster brother, Aziz (Jins Shamsuddin) is jealous of Hassan . Even when both of them have fully grown up, Aziz and Buang (Salleh Kamil) always bully Hassan together. At the same time, Salmah (Saadiah) has developed a crush towards Hassan, fuelling Aziz's fury even higher. When the Second World War is approaching, the Royal Malay Regiment begins recruiting young soldiers to fight against the war.
Cast
More details
author | P. Ramlee Ralph Modder |
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contentLocation | Malaysia |
director | Lamberto V. Avellana |
editor | Hayat Harris |
genre | drama |
keywords | end of world war ii in asia foster brother japanese invaded malaya japanese occupation of malaya japanese surrender japanese surrendered jins shamsuddin kempeitai pow prisoner of war recruit royal malay regiment saadiah second world war secret agent sergeant want world war i young soldier |
musicBy | P. Ramlee |
producer | Run Run Shaw |
productionCompany | Malay Film Productions |
publisher | Shaw Brothers Studio |
theme | war |