DALAGANG BUKID (1919)

Directed by: José Nepomuceno

Based on:     Dalagang Bukid

                     by Hermogenes Ilagan and Leon Ignacio

Starring:       Atang de la Rama  and Marceliano Ilagan

Cinematography:  José Nepomuceno

Distributed by:   Malayan movies

Release date:     

• September 12, 1919(Teatro de la Comedia)
• September 25, 1919 (The Majestic)

Country:  Philippines

Language: Silent

Budget: ₱25,000

Box Office: 

₱90,000

The first film produced by a Filipino is José Nepomuceno's Dalagang Bukid (Country Maiden) in 1919 based on a highly acclaimed musical play by Hermogenes Ilagan and León Ignacio. Early filmmakers, even with meager capital, followed some of the genres provided by Hollywood movies. The main sources of movie themes during this period were theater pieces from popular dramas or zarzuelas. Another source of movie themes at that time was Philippine literature.