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The Good Earth

Based on Pearl Buck's novel of China before the Revolution. A young farmer named Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan (Luise Rainer). Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth.

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  • "Buona terra"@en
  • "大地"
  • "Da di"@en

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  • "Based on Pearl Buck's novel of China before the Revolution. A young farmer named Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan (Luise Rainer). Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth."@en
  • "A simple Chinese peasant farmer and his wife rise to prosperity, but they forget their humble beginnings."@en
  • "A Chinese farmer and his wife overcome many obstacles as they tend to the land."
  • "Set in pre-revolutionary China, this gripping epic depicts a simple farmer who grows rich with the help of his faithful wife."@en
  • "Set in China, this is a drama about a simple peasant farmer who grows rich with the help of his faithful wife. Tragedy follows as he betrays his family and neglects the earth he had worshipped."@en
  • "A young Chinese farmer named Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan (Luise Rainer). Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land, takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth."@en
  • "A young Chinese farmer named Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan (Luise Rainer). Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land, takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth."
  • "Dramatizes the life and tradition of a chinese couple and the vicissitudes caused by uprisings, plague, drought and famine on China country."@en
  • "A faithful adaptation of Pearl S. buck's superb prize-winning literary classic, "The good earth" is set in pre-revolutionary China. This gripping epic stars Paul Muni and Luise Rainer in the role that won her an Academy Award. This film is a masterpiece, capturing the full force of human drama and the soul of China."@en
  • "A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth."
  • "A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth."@en
  • "Based on the stage adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's sprawling novel, Sidney Franklin's The Good Earth is the story of a Chinese farming couple whose lives are torn apart by poverty, greed, and the elements. Wang Lung a hardworking, but poor, farmer weds freed slave O-Lan, together they struggle to build a life together. After finally finding some success, a plague of locusts descends upon their land, testing the couple's perseverance. For her performance, Luise Rainer won her second Best Actress Oscar. The Good Earth was the final production of Irving Thalberg, who died before the film was completed."@en
  • "A Chinese peasant farmer grows rich with the help of his faithful wife. Tragedy follows when he betrays his family and neglects the earth he had worshipped."@en
  • "Set in China, this is a moving drama about a simple peasant farmer who grows rich with the help of his faithful wife. Tragedy follows as he betrays his family and neglects the earth he had worshipped."@en
  • "A young Chinese farmer named Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan (Luise Rainer). Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land, takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth."

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  • "The Good Earth"@en
  • "The Good earth (Pel·lícula cinematogràfica) (1937)"
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  • "The good earth (Motion picture : 1937)"@en
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  • "The Good earth"
  • "The good Earth"
  • "The Good earth Da di"@en

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