Directing
George Krugers
- Born
- Nov 4, 1890 · Aged 73
- Died
- Aug 10, 1964
- Place of birth
- Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Central Maluku, Indonesia
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 7
Also known as (5)
- G. Krugers
- Georg Eduard Albert Krugers
- George Eduard Albert Krugers
- Georg Krugers
- G Krugers
Biography
Georg Eduard Albert Krugers (4 November 1890, in Banda Neira – 10 August 1964, in The Hague; also written as G. Kruger) was a cameraman and film director active in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) during the early 20th century. He is recorded as having worked in film since the mid-1920s, and in 1927 he made his directorial debut, Eulis Atjih. He joined hajj pilgrims in 1928 and screened the resulting documentary in the Netherlands. His 1930 film Karnadi Anemer Bangkong is thought to be the first talkie in the cinema of the Indies, but was a commercial failure as the majority Sundanese…