Sofia W.D.

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.

  • Title : Sofia W.D.
  • Popularity : 2.173
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1924-10-12
  • Place of Birth : Bandung, Indonesia
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  • Also Known As : Sofia Waldi, Sofia Waldy, Sofia WD, Sofia, Sofia (Sofia WD)
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Sofia W.D. Movies

  • 1983
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    The Five Faces of Kadarwati

    The Five Faces of Kadarwati

    1 1983 HD

    Kadarwati, a young Javanese student in 1940s Singapore, is forced to become a 'comfort woman' by the occupying Japanese military

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  • 1982
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    Wedding 83

    Wedding 83

    1 1982 HD

    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...

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  • 1981
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    Amalia, Bachelor of Law

    Amalia, Bachelor of Law

    1 1981 HD

    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...

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  • 1979
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    Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient

    Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient

    1 1979 HD

    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...

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  • 1979
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    Yeah, Right...

    Yeah, Right...

    1 1979 HD

    Following the trend for dangdut musicals, such as the successful ones starring Rhoma Irama, Elvy Sukaesih, and A. Rafiq, this film even features a...

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  • 1984
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    For You, I'll Give Everything

    For You, I'll Give Everything

    1 1984 HD

    Plot Unknown

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  • 1981
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    Stain on a White Gown

    Stain on a White Gown

    1 1981 HD

    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....

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  • 1979
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    Teenage Idol

    Teenage Idol

    1 1979 HD

    Tina a kindergarten teacher from a poor family is persuaded to be a prostitute in Jakarta, after being trapped by a women-trafficking syndicate....

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  • 1984
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    The Moments You Lie on My Chest

    The Moments You Lie on My Chest

    1 1984 HD

    Cia marries Dono, a university administration employee. Cia marries him to soothe her heartbreak when her father marries her best friend, Lies. But...

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  • 1981
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    The Queen of Black Magic

    The Queen of Black Magic

    6.7 1981 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    The Longest Dark

    The Longest Dark

    1 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1975
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    Malam Pengantin

    Malam Pengantin

    1 1975 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    Romansa

    Romansa

    1 1970 HD

    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,...

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  • 1970
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    Samiun dan Dasima

    Samiun dan Dasima

    1 1970 HD

    Drawing from the novel, lenong (play) and the previous film (Njai Dasima I), this new film version has heightened erotic scenes considered the...

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  • 1973
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    Lagu Untukmu

    Lagu Untukmu

    1 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1960
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    Tjita-Tjita Ajah

    Tjita-Tjita Ajah

    1 1960 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    Pergaulan Metropolis

    Pergaulan Metropolis

    1 1994 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    The Temptation of the Demon Woman

    The Temptation of the Demon Woman

    6 1978 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    The Lady

    The Lady

    1 1973 HD

    Attraction at first sight, makes Hendrawansyah (Sophan Sophian) continue to pursue Maryani (Widyawati). He did not back down even though he later...

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  • 1979
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    Antidote for Witchcraft

    Antidote for Witchcraft

    1 1979 HD

    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...

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  • 1980
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    Queen of the South Coast

    Queen of the South Coast

    1 1980 HD

    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...

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  • 1982
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    The White Crocodile

    The White Crocodile

    1 1982 HD

    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,...

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  • 1977
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    The Midwife: Praji Magic

    The Midwife: Praji Magic

    1 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1982
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    Roro Mendut

    Roro Mendut

    5 1982 HD

    Directed by Ami Priyono.

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  • 1973
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    The Moon on the Graveyard

    The Moon on the Graveyard

    1 1973 HD

    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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  • 1976
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    Max Havelaar

    Max Havelaar

    6 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1977
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    Greedy Appetite

    Greedy Appetite

    1 1977 HD

    After Tini catches her boyfriend Narno trying to seduce her sister Tina and ends their relationship, she mysteriously dies from a snakebite. Narno's...

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  • 1983
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    Fatima

    Fatima

    1 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1971
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    River of Love

    River of Love

    1 1971 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    Golden Queen

    Golden Queen

    1 1955 HD

    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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  • 1980
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    Lady in a Trap

    Lady in a Trap

    1 1980 HD

    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...

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  • 1977
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    Badai Pasti Berlalu

    Badai Pasti Berlalu

    7 1977 HD

    Siska, a young woman was heartbroken after her fiancé broke off their engagement. Unwilling to see his sister depressed, her brother Johnny...

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  • 1977
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    Christina

    Christina

    1 1977 HD

    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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  • 1981
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    Mystics in Bali

    Mystics in Bali

    5.778 1981 HD

    An anthropologist named Cathy travels to Bali with her lover to conduct research on black magic. There, they encounter the queen of the Leák...

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  • 1985
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    Arie Hanggara

    Arie Hanggara

    1 1985 HD

    Based on the true story of a victim of child abuse in Jakarta, 1984.

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  • 1973
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    The Earth Gets Hotter

    The Earth Gets Hotter

    1 1973 HD

    Maria (Suzzanna) goes to prison for murdering her own father. Upon release, she becomes a prostitute and then has a difficult time maintaining a...

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  • 1953
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    Bulan Purnama

    Bulan Purnama

    1 1953 HD

    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...

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  • 1953
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    Dendang Sajang

    Dendang Sajang

    1 1953 HD

    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...

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  • 1954
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    Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)

    Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)

    1 1954 HD

    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...

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  • 1958
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    Gending Sriwidjaja

    Gending Sriwidjaja

    1 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1957
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    Biola

    Biola

    1 1957 HD

    A student (Arfandi) is very depressed, for being known as a bastard child or “anak haram”, the original title of Pramoedya Ananta...

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  • 1983
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    Behind the Mosquito Net

    Behind the Mosquito Net

    7.5 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1954
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    Djakarta di Waktu Malam

    Djakarta di Waktu Malam

    1 1954 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Treachery of G30S/PKI

    Treachery of G30S/PKI

    6 1984 HD

    The official story about the events surrounding the 30 September 1965 coup d'etat carried out by Colonel Untung, the Commandant of the Cakrabirawa...

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  • 1960
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    Southern Storm

    Southern Storm

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1970
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    Hunting the Corpse Broker

    Hunting the Corpse Broker

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1971
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    Lioness from Marunda

    Lioness from Marunda

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1974
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    Fighting the Storm

    Fighting the Storm

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Fighting the Storm

    Fighting the Storm

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1971
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    River of Love

    River of Love

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1954
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    Senen Raja

    Senen Raja

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Djakarta di Waktu Malam

    Djakarta di Waktu Malam

    1 1954 HD

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