Friedrich Dalsheim
Directing
Biography
German lawyer and ethnographic filmmaker.
Known For

Wajan, the son of Nudonk, a witch, is beset with difficulties. His mother is in ill favor with the Balinese natives who want to get rid of her, and the hand of Sari, a native chieftain's daughter, will not be his until this is accomplished. How he manages to save his mother and also win Sari is unfolded in the film.
Wajan

The movie tells of the contest between two rivals for the love of an Inuk woman. The forces of nature will decide the winner.
The Wedding of Palo
Documentary about Borneo, the island of beauty, passion and demons
Borneo - Insel der Schönheit, Leidenschaft und Dämonie

An early ethnographic film. Made three years after Plessen's "Insel der Dämonen", "Kopfjäger von Borneo" is a half-fictional documentary. The plot involves a love story between a girl and a boy of incompatible social classes.
Headhunters of Borneo

Ethnological documentary about the life in a remote village in Togo.