this be a bit long ( 2 hour and 20 minute ) but it have a a lot of the famous pearl buck novel in it . in other word and a lot of ground to cover . it be soap operish at time but have some visually dramatic moment and too and cap off by a locust attack at the end of the film . that be astound to view . consider this film be about 70 year old and the special effect crew on this film do a spectacular job . paul muni and luise rainer be award win actor in their day and they do not disappoint here and both give powerful performance . the only problem be credibility a all the asian be play by caucasions and some of them and like walter connolly and just do not look real . i would like to see a re make of this movie with all asian actor and not for pc reason but to simply make the story look and sound more credible .