John Ford: The Grapes of Wrath [OmU] USA 1940, R: John Ford, mit Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, 129 Min

A masterpiece of a film adapting Steinbecks masterpiece of a novel, both expertly weaving together the timeless themes of deprivation, eviction, migration, corruption, greed, authoritarianism, exploitation, and perseverance. An Oklahoma family driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless during the Great Depression. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck, Nobel Literature Laureate; Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Darwell).