Acting
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.
Browse movies and TV shows featuring Sofia W.D.
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the...
A woman is seduced by and cast aside by a fickle lover. When the lover marries another woman who starts halluci...
An anthropologist named Cathy travels to Bali with her lover to conduct research on black magic. There, they en...
The official story of the events surrounding the September 30 to October 1, 1965 attempted coup d'etat in Indon...
A portrait of newly married couple, Nurlela and Hasan, who have to live at the house of Nurlelas’s father. They...
A white alligator lives in a big river in a village. It drags Kadir’s daughter, Juleha, and drowns her. Thanks...
Back when urbanization was a new phenomenon, this film captured the aspirations desired by three young men from...
Attraction at first sight, makes Hendrawansyah (Sophan Sophian) continue to pursue Maryani (Widyawati). He did...
A mental hospital becomes a sanctuary for their ex-patients when they feel rejected by a society who thinks tha...
Darmi, an unfaithful married woman, uses a magical charm to preserve her youth. Once her husband finds out what...
Directed by Ami Priyono.
Mrs. Ismail is depressed and blind. Her oldest child dies and the romance of her daughter, Dewi, is opposed by...
It tells about the love story between Romi and Juli, which is opposed by Juli's parents due to Romi's upbringin...
Siska, a young woman was heartbroken after her fiancé broke off their engagement. Unwilling to see his sister d...
Family Karta (Fadly) almost always be the butt of stealth woman (Sofia WD). That's because the act Karta away f...
Amalia SH is a lawyer from the Legal Aid Institute. He visits his best friend, Frans, who is being held for ext...
Christina has to deal with a corrupt bank president father, a cutthroat and backstabbing sister, an unfaithful...
To save her daughter, Fatima agrees to be sent to Malaya to work as a sex slave for Japanese soldiers. There, s...
Firman inherits a piece of land and a hut from his late father. He works hard by selling fruits, to fulfil his...
Supinah, a prostitute, is picked up by a kindly rich man, Budi. They fall in love and she recounts how she, as...
A married man has two daughters with his mistress and then abandons her. Years later, the mother is killed in a...
Sriwardhani becomes a singer at "Happy World", after her father is killed by a gang of robbers. There she meets...
Tells the story of a family that experiences chaos after the father dies. Sofia's stepson drives out his stepmo...
Drawing from the novel, lenong (play) and the previous film (Njai Dasima I), this new film version has heighten...
Lestari stops teaching when she marries Rama who has returned from abroad. Lestari, who is an only child and an...
Legend about Loro Jonggrang's love story with Bandung Bondowoso. When he was newly appointed as Senopati Baka,...
Containing eight songs, the film is like TV variety show of music and singers. Charma, an architecture student,...
Based on the story of Nyi Roro Kidul, the ruler of the south sea, her favourite daughter wants to live on land...
Cia marries Dono, a university administration employee. Cia marries him to soothe her heartbreak when her fathe...
Prince Citra wants to replace the dying King Basilam. He threatens the queen that he will kill the baby in her...
The film tells a story about Nyi Anis who uses black magic because she is vengeful towards her husband who has...
Rahmat loves speeding, that's why he has a regular garage. There he meets Nani, who wants to learn to drive a c...
After Tini catches her boyfriend Narno trying to seduce her sister Tina and ends their relationship, she myster...
Tells the story of an orphaned young man who moved to Jakarta to try his luck and also to erase the memory of h...
A wealthy man marries twice. His jealous second wife murders the first and gets away with it and then plots, al...
Tina a kindergarten teacher from a poor family is persuaded to be a prostitute in Jakarta, after being trapped...
