Prabu Anglingdarma (Balada Cinta Anglingdarma)

Anglingdarma (Baron Hermanto), the ruler of his homeland, acquires the magical ability to understand the language of animals, but is forbidden to share the secret of how to do this with anyone. Unfortunately, one night, when Anglingdarma is making love with his wife, he overhears some humorous remarks being made by two house lizards in the room, and bursts out laughing. His wife becomes very angry, and after Anglingdarma explains what happened, his wife demands that he teach her how to do the same thing. Anglingdarma refuses to reveal the secret. His wife, who believes that he does not love her anymore, decides to burn herself to death. Anglingdarma decides he will do the same to prove his love to her, but, just as he starts to set himself on fire, Anglingdarma hears a goat describing him as a very selfish man, who thinks only of himself. Anglingdarma changes his mind, but, out of guilt and in order to absolve himself of his wife’s death, Anglingdarma decides he should live life as an animal, and transforms into a wild duck. His vice-regent, Batik Madrim (Atin Martino), is told to take over leadership of the land. However, Batik Madrim eventually decides to go in search of his master. Once Batik Madrim finds his master, he forces him to return to his original form.

• This film, the dialogue of which is entirely in Javanese, was released only in Central Java and East Java.