Shooting for the film was conducted in Kota, Jakarta, and Semarang, Central Java, over a period of one month.
The Indonesian band Naif covered several songs for Ruma Maidas soundtrack, including songs from the 1940s such as "Juwita Malam" ("Beauty of the Night", by Ismail Marzuki), "Di Bawah Sinar Bulan Purnama" ("Under the Light of the Full Moon", by R. Maladi), and "Ibu Pertiwi" ("Motherland").