Darah dan Doa

Darah dan Doa
Magazine advertisement, Aneka (1 September 1950)
Directed by	Usmar Ismail
Written by	Usmar Ismail Sitor Situmorang
Produced by	Usmar Ismail
Starring	Del Juzar Ella Bergen Aedy Moward Awaluddin Djamin
Cinematography	Max Tera
Edited by	Djohan Sjafri
Music by	G. R. W. Sinsu
Production company	Perfini
Distributed by	Spectra Film Exchange
Release date	1950 (1950)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Indonesia
Language	Indonesian
Budget	350,000 rupiah

Darah dan Doa ([daˈrah ˈdan doˈa]; Indonesian for Blood and Prayer, released internationally as The Long March) is a 1950 Indonesian war film directed and produced by Usmar Ismail, telling the story of the Siliwangi Division and its leader Captain Sudarto on a march to West Java. Following Ismail's Dutch-produced Tjitra (1949), Darah dan Doa is often cited as the first 'Indonesian' film, and the film's first day of shooting – 30 March – is celebrated in Indonesia as National Film Day.

Produced on a budget of 350,000 rupiah and intended to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival, financial difficulties led production of Darah dan Doa to almost stop before the director received financial backing. After raising controversy for its subject material, the film underwent censorship and was finally released to commercial failure. Retrospective analysis has, however, been more positive, and Ismail has been dubbed the "father of Indonesian film".^[1]