After his father was beheaded by ninjas in Banyuwangi '98, Rahayu was traumatized to the point where he found it difficult to concentrate on his prayers due to interference from the khanzab.

After his father was beheaded by ninjas in Banyuwangi '98, Rahayu was traumatized to the point where he found it difficult to concentrate on his prayers due to interference from the khanzab.

16世纪中叶，我国新疆境内的叶尔羌汗国王子阿布都热西提汗在继承了父王赛依德汗的王位后，平定了战乱，统一了汗国，使民众得以休养生息，安居乐业。汗国的经济、文化也因此得到了空前的发展和繁荣。民间艺人马合木提与女儿阿曼尼萨罕相依为命，并和被逐出宫廷的乐师乌麦尔结为知己。在共同生活的岁月中，阿曼尼萨罕拜乌麦尔为师，学习诗文和乐理知识。几年后，聪颖过人、有着非凡音乐天赋的阿曼尼萨罕，不仅精通了诗歌和韵律，还出落成了一个绝色的美女。一天，汗王微服出游，巧遇阿曼尼萨罕，不禁被她的美貌、歌声及渊博的诗文知识所吸引，不顾王后及以右大臣为首的众臣的反对，毅然将阿曼尼萨罕接进宫中。在宫中，阿曼尼萨罕经受封建保守势力、居心叵测的右大臣及王后的种种歧视和陷害，倍受磨难。但阿曼尼萨罕并没有因此颓唐下去，仍以坚定的信念，在老师乌麦尔的帮助下，历尽了种种艰难，将散乱于民间的木卡姆乐曲收集、整理、汇总成章，辑编成十二木卡姆套曲，使木卡姆音乐成为不朽的篇章，为维吾尔族的古典音乐作出了巨大的贡献。然而，乌麦尔却惨遭伊善、右大臣的毒手。阿曼尼萨罕也在汗王出征讨伐叛乱期间，郁郁寡欢、忧忿交加，最终病逝。但是，具有艺术文献价值的十二木卡姆套曲却深受人民喜爱，被后人一代一代传了下来，阿曼尼萨罕也因此成为人们有口皆碑的传奇人物。

This bizarre film by one of the most original directors now working in Germany is hermetic, expressionist, oblique, and of a creative perversity that bespeaks the presence of a genius. Purporting to deal with a real-life 19th century diva 'whose popularity was such that over-exertion led to her death while singing,' the film is actually a grisly series of frozen or tortured tableaux (predominantly lesbian in implication) of heavily rouged, frequently ugly women who, pretending to sing heavy opera, go through contorted, icy attempts at communication that lead nowhere. The lip-sync is off; the singing is off-pitch; mouths are frequently open while no sound issues forth, or closed, with mellifluous arias or cheap popular songs heard on scratchy renditions of old records. Neither burlesque nor slapstick, the film's intent, at least in the beginning, is nevertheless ironical and subversive, though mysteriously so. However, it grows increasingly dark and more threatening, with screams, faces bathed in Vaseline, red, wet mouths, smeared eye shadows, and dehumanized figures. One cannot 'explain' Schroeter's work, other than recognize his debunking of opera as a metaphorical rejection of bourgeois society; but one trembles in recognition of a prospective major talent." 　　Amos Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art

This bizarre film by one of the most original directors now working in Germany is hermetic, expressionist, oblique, and of a creative perversity that bespeaks the presence of a genius. Purporting to deal with a real-life 19th century diva 'whose popularity was such that over-exertion led to her death while singing,' the film is actually a grisly series of frozen or tortured tableaux (predominantly lesbian in implication) of heavily rouged, frequently ugly women who, pretending to sing heavy opera, go through contorted, icy attempts at communication that lead nowhere. The lip-sync is off; the singing is off-pitch; mouths are frequently open while no sound issues forth, or closed, with mellifluous arias or cheap popular songs heard on scratchy renditions of old records. Neither burlesque nor slapstick, the film's intent, at least in the beginning, is nevertheless ironical and subversive, though mysteriously so. However, it grows increasingly dark and more threatening, with screams, faces bathed in Vaseline, red, wet mouths, smeared eye shadows, and dehumanized figures. One cannot 'explain' Schroeter's work, other than recognize his debunking of opera as a metaphorical rejection of bourgeois society; but one trembles in recognition of a prospective major talent." 　　Amos Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art