On the upside, the movie does not sugarcoat the risks of the farm, gets the fear of the knock at the door right and the climax is absolutely riveting and rousing. In the prologue to his film "Our Daily Bread," director King Vidor says he made the film as a way of dramatizing the back to the land movement during the Great Depression.(See, the hippies did not invent the commune, just the naked frolicking part.) So, while there are important themes from this movie that are relevant today, it is actually a bit dated and dramatically uneven.
KAREN MORLEY at water well bucket Depression era film OUR DAILY BREAD Orig. Luckily, Chris(John Qualen), a friendly Swedish farmer, happens by to help out, giving them the idea to put up signs that attract dozens of skilled and unskilled workers. A couple, down on their luck during the Great Depression, move to a farm to. However, that is not as easy as it looks. Our Daily Bread is a wide-screen tableau of a feast which isnt always easy to digest - and in which we all take part. What he can do is give them access to a piece of land he owns that they can farm. Even a wealthy relative(Lloyd Ingraham) is going through harsh times and he cannot offer him employment. 1h 30min Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter Our Daily Bread (2006) Original Title: Unser täglich Brot Watch Now Rent 3.99 HD PROMOTED Watch Now Filters Best Price Free SD HD 4K Stream Free HD Subs Subs Rent 3.99 HD 3.99 Buy 7.99 19. Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming To the rhythm of conveyor belts and immense machines, the film looks without commenting into the places where food is produced in Europe: monumental spaces, surreal landscapes and bizarre sounds - a cool, industrial environment which leaves little space for individualism. In "Our Daily Bread," Mary(Karen Morley) and John Sims(Tom Keene) have gone so long without work that they have to sell everything that is not nailed down to have money for food.
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