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The story of a farmer in China: a story of humility and bravery. His father gives Wang Lung a freed slave as wife. By diligence and frugality the two manage to enlarge their property. But then a famine forces them to leave their land and live in the town. However it turns out to be a blessing in disguise for them...



The Good Earth (1937)
Released: 06 Aug 1937
Runtime: 138 min
Rated: PASSED
Director: Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood
Writer(s): Talbot Jennings (screen play), Tess Slesinger (screen play), Claudine West (screen play), Pearl S. Buck (based upon the novel by)
Actors: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
IMDB Ratings: 7.8



Plot: The story follows Wang Lung (Paul Muni), a humble farmer, who makes an arranged marriage to a slave, O-Lan (Luise Rainer). The couple's great struggle is to procure--and then, against withering odds, keep--a piece of land, ownership of which makes the difference between self-determination and near-slavery. The film's physical production is truly eye-filling, with location shooting in China providing exterior shots and backdrops (and blending seamlessly with the footage shot in the U.S.). No wonder the great cinematographer Karl Freund won an Oscar for the photography, which includes an awesomely staged locust plague.