 According to Indonesian author and screenwriter Lukman Karmani, who wrote about Pitung in the 1960s, the bandit was an Indonesian Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.In "Si Pitoeng", a 1931 film and the first produced about Pitung's life, he was shown as a real bandit.However, in the 1970 film of the same name, Pitung's characteristics were closer to the traditional Indonesian depictions.