 Under pressure from imported works , in 1926 N.V. Java Film , a production house based in Batavia ( modern @-@ day Jakarta ) which had previously produced a single documentary , Inlanders op de Krokodillenjacht ( Native Crocodile Hunters ) , chose to make a feature film based on the Sundanese folktale Lutung Kasarung . The company 's owner , L. Heuveldorp served as director and producer , while its laboratory head G. Krugers handled cinematography and processing . Little biographical information is available regarding the background of both men , although it was reported that Heuveldorp had previous experience from working in the United States . 
