luise rainer receive an oscar for her performance in the good earth . unfortunately and her role require no . she do not say much and look pale throughout the film . luise character be a slave then give away to marriage to paul muni character ( he do a fantastic job for his performance ) . set in ancient asia and both actor be not asian and but be very convince in their role . i hope that paul muni receive an oscar for his performance and because that be what luise must have get her oscar for . she must have be a breakthrough actress and one of the first to method act . this seem like something that hollywood do often . al pacino have play an italian and cuban . i felt luise performance to be lackluster throughout and and when she die and she do not change in expression from any previous scene . she stay the same throughout the film while she only change her expression or emotion maybe twice . if her brilliant acting be so subtle and i suppose i do not see it .