The Good Earth (1937)

Directed by

Gustav Machatý, Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese farmer and his wife struggle through drought, poverty, and famine to hold onto their land and family. The film follows their hardscrabble life as they face hardships and small triumphs over many years.

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What happens

The Good Earth is a 1937 American drama film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive. It was adapted by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, and Claudine West from the 1932 play by Owen Davis and Donald Davis, which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, with uncredited contributions by Victor Fleming and Gustav Machaty. The film stars Paul Muni as Wang Lung. For her role as his wife O-Lan, Luise Rainer won an Academy Award for Best Actress. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Karl Freund. It was nominated for Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Picture. Its world premiere was at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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