A documentary about Javanese regents’ daughter Raden Adjeng Kartini, who lived from 1879 – 1903 in the Dutch East Indies. Kartini’s many letters, written in Dutch, which have been preserved, tell the story of her life as a young Javanese girl of noble descent, who feels hemmed-in as in a cage by the rules of “adat”. On the basis of these letters, by means of photographic- as well as archival film material, her dramatic life and times will be sketched.

With the voices of Yunita Rovroy, Yolande Bertsch, Guy Sonnen.

Production/distribution	H & W Company
Length	45'
Format	Digibeta, stereo
Language versions	Dutch, English subtitles, M & E
Broadcast	AT5 - 14th October 2006 Cultura - 3rd February 2009
Support of	Prince Bernhard Culture Fund Dutch archive for Film and Television (NIBG) National Committee for sustainable development (NCDO) Van Deventer-Maas Foundation Home Copy Fund Dutch Film museum Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV)
Screenings	Filmmuseum Amsterdam (première) 15th October 2006  University Leiden 21 September 2007 Monash University Australia 24 and 25 September 2007 Erasmushuis Jakarta 18 April 2009 Erasmushuis Jepara / Semarang 27 January 2010