Ms. Dian Sastro who portrayed Kartini, did some research by visiting Kartini's house, cemetery, and read a lot of Kartini's books.
The filming location will be located in Jakarta, and Jogjakarta, it was supposed to filming at Jepara, however the location in Central Java is not authentic anymore according to Hanung Bramantyo.
It was supposed to release in December 2016, yet due to some issues its pushed back to release April 2017.
The production supposed to start on May 2015 but it was pushed back since Dian Sastro needed to finished her film Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2 ( 2016).
Most of the dialogue on this movie will use Dutch and Javanese language, Acha Septriasa who portrayed Kartini's sister having a struggle during the reading.