Oscar-winner Paul Muni ("I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang") stars in this Oscar-winning epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements to survive. Co-star Luise Rainer ("The Great Ziegfeld") won an Oscar as Muni's patient wife. Nominated for Best Picture and Director.

• 2 hr 19 min
• Directed by

  Sidney A. Franklin
• Written by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, Claudine West

• Starring

  Paul Muni

  ,

  Luise Rainer

  ,

  Walter Connolly

  ,

  Tilly Losch

  ,

  Charles Grapewin

  ,

  Jessie Ralph

  ,

  Keye Luke

  ,

  Suzanna Kim

  ,

  Harold Huber

  ,

  Ching Wah Lee

  ,

  Soo Yong

  ,

  Philip Ahn

  ,

  Olaf Hytten

  ,

  William Law

  ,

  Roland Got

  ,

  Richard Loo

  ,

  Charles B. Middleton