Country Maiden

Country Maiden (1919)

Dalagang bukid

This is the first Filipino feature-length film made by a Filipino director regarded as "Father of Filipino Movies" and is now lost forever. Dalagang Bukid is a story about a young flower vendor named Angelita, who is forced by her parents to marry a wealthy old man, Don Silvestre, despite her love for Cipriano, a law student.

Date of release
1919-09-11
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jose Nepomuceno

Casting

Interesting facts

Dalagang Bukid is a 1919 Filipino silent film. Directed by José Nepomuceno, it is recognized as the first full-length Filipino-produced and directed feature film. An adaptation of the Tagalog sarsuwela of the same name by Hermogenes Ilagan, the film stars Atang de la Rama and Marceliano Ilagan, both of whom reprise their roles from the original sarsuwela production.

Production

Prior to Dalagang Bukid, several foreigners had directed and produced films in the Philippines, including Edward Meyer Gross's Vida y Muerte del Dr. José Rizal (1912) and Albert Yearsley's Walang Sugat (1912). Inspired by the foreign filmmakers, photo studio owner José Nepomuceno became interested in moving pictures and purchased equipment from Gross's Rizalina Film Manufacturing Company.

After producing short newsreels and documentaries, Nepomuceno decided to direct and produce an adaptation of Hermogenes Ilagan and Leon Ignacio's popular sarsuwela Dalagang Bukid. The sarsuwela was first staged in 1917 by Compañia de Zarzuela Ilagan at the Teatro Zorilla. It starred Atang de la Rama, who reprised her role in Nepomuceno's film adaptation.

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