Complex sentence: The black-and-white film, now considered lost, starred Dhalia and Soerip and followed orphaned sisters as they tried to make a living in the colonial capital of Batavia (now Jakarta).
Split into simpler sentences: The black-and-white film, now considered lost, starred Dhalia and Soerip. It followed orphaned sisters as they tried to make a living in the colonial capital of Batavia (now Jakarta).