Leftenan Adnan

Leftenan Adnan

Infobox Film
name = Leftenan Adnan


caption =
director = Aziz M. Osman
producer =

writer = Aziz M. Osman (screenplay)
narrator =
starring = Hairie Othman
Umie Aida
Farid Amirul
Faizal Hussein
Rusdi Ramli
Shaharuddin Thamby
Wahid (Senario)
Rambo Chin
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Ministry of Defence Malaysia
Royal Malaysian Army
Grand Brilliance Sdn Bhd
released = flagicon|Malaysia 2000
runtime =
country = Malaysia
language = Malay
English
Japanese
Mandarin
budget = $8,000,000 (estimated)
preceded_by =

website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0267664

"Leftenan Adnan" is a 2000 Malaysian film directed by Aziz M. Osman and produced by the Malaysian Army and Grand Brilliance Sdn Bhd.

Plot

The movie is about one Adnan bin Saidi, a young Malay from Sungai Ramal in Kajang, Selangor who had joined the Malay Regiment just before the Second World War broke out in Asia. By the time the war broke out, he had been promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant, and was in command of Company C, 1st Battalion, Malay Regiment after the death of the British company commander, Captain H R Rix. His exploits and bravery in combat while leading his men against the Japanese Imperial Army are legendary. The 2 known engagements he was involved in are:
*The Battle of Pasir Panjang, and
*The Battle of Bukit Chandu or Opium Hill.

Both battles occurred during the final phase of the Japanese Imperial Army's assault on the city of Singapore during the Battle of Singapore. He later either died of his wounds or was executed after the battle. Three versions of his death are recorded. However, the official version will record that he was executed by Japanese troops in anger for his stubbornness in holding his position and inflicting large casualties on Japanese troops. In the film, General Tomoyuki Yamashita was supposed to have said that if there were ten more Adnans in the British Colonial Forces in Malaya at that time, he would have needed a total of ten divisions to conquer Malaya.

Alexandra Hospital Massacre

Although not referred to in the film, there is a current theory that the subsequent Alexandra Hospital massacre was directly related to the great frustration felt by the Japanese soldiers due to the heavy losses suffered in overcoming the stout resistance put up by Lt Adnan's Company C on Opium Hill. With the loss of Company C, the remnants of the 1st Battalion withdrew leaving the way clear to the British military hospital at Alexandra and the subsequent massacre of the patients, doctors and nurses within.therefor Adnan

Versions of Lt Adnan's death

*Version 1 - Official version: The official version as recorded by Japanese Imperial Army indicated that he was executed and then hung upside down from a cherry tree. British accounts have confirmed that his corpse was found hung upside down after the surrender and this has been repeated in a number of authoritative texts on the Malayan campaign. The actual mode of execution was never officially recorded.
*Version 2 - Film version: His death was not shown, but it was indicated in the closing credits that he and the surviving wounded in his company were tied to trees and bayonetted to death. This is probably the more correct version and in keeping with similar Japanese practice elsewhere.
*Version 3 - A version which was shown on a local tabloid magazine, purportedly revealed by Lt Adnan's former aide, just before his death. This version could not be verified.

Criticism

The film received criticism for using Malay actors to portray Japanese and English soldiers throughout the film. Further, the original English dialogue as spoken by the actors was voiced over by Malays speaking in halting and strongly accented English suggesting that there was an awkward attempt to alter the dialogue to give a different slant to the situations depicted and to portray the British in an unfavourable light.

External links

* [http://www.filemkita.com/filem/l/leftenan_adnan_01.html Leftenan Adanan at FilemKita.com]


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