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This remarkable film version of John Steinbeck's novel was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actor (Henry Fonda), Film Editing, Sound and Writing. John Ford won the Best Director Oscar and Jane Darwell won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ma Joad, the matriarch of the struggling migrant farmer family.
Following a prison term he served for manslaughter, Tom Joad returns to find his family homestead overwhelmed by weather and the greed of the banking industry. With little work potential on the horizon of the Oklahoma dust bowls, the entire family packs up and heads for the promised land - California. but the arduous trip and harsh living conditions they encounter offer little hope, and family unity proves as daunting a challenge as any other they face.
Dust Bowl, Oklahoma, während der dreißiger Jahre. Das ganze Land steckt in der Wirtschafts- Krise. Auch die Farmer-Familie Joad bekommt die Folgen der Depression mit aller Härte zu spüren. Als sie in Dust Bowl kein Auskommen mehr haben, machen sie sich auf den beschwerlichen Weg nach Kalifornien, um dort eine neue, bessere Heimat zu finden...
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Henry Fonda