 was produced at during a period when several companies were producing films about or touching on the Indonesian National Revolution, including Perfini ("Darah dan Doa", 1950; "Enam Djam di Jogja", 1951), Persari ("Sepandjang Malioboro", 1950; "Hampir Malam di Djogja", 1951), and Bintang Surabaja ("Djembatan Merah", 1950).The Indonesian film historian Misbach Yusa Biran writes that, aside from those films produced by Perfini, none of these productions dealt with the nationalistic ideals and struggle underlying the revolution.The film critic Salim Said, however, argues that the depiction of waylaid guerrillas in "Embun" (Perfini, 1952) and "Selamat Berdjuang, Masku!"