"A wealthy, lonely, land-owning, raw-boned farmer (Shepard in his acting debut) of the Great Plains falls in love with the girlfriend (Adams) of a hot-headed wheat-field worker (Gere), who is masquerading as the field hand""s sister.His only possession was a collection of family photographs and letters, with the name of his widowed aunt, Lady Murasaki-Lecter (Gong Li) [she had lost her entire family when a bomb fell on Hiroshima in 1945].A West German feature film titledMenschen im Hotel (1959)was also directed by Gottfried Reinhardt.Later, it was adapted into two Broadway stage musicals:At the Grand(1958), set in 1950s Rome; the Broadway-bound play was a brief hit in some major cities, but never reached New York and Broadway; it featured musical diva Joan Deiner as the ballerina, and aging actor Paul Muni (in a modified Lionel Barrymore role)Grand Hotel: The Musical,opening in mid-November of 1989; it ran for over 1,000 performances on Broadway and won five Tony Awards (from 12 nominations); set in Berlin in 1928, it starred Liliane Montevecchi (in the Greta Garbo role) (later played by Cyd Charisse), and David Carroll (in the John Barrymore role) (later played by John Schneider)Plot SynopsisDuring the opening credits, each of the main performers received a separate screen, identifying their cast names:GRETA GARBO as GRUSINSKAYA.He smashed his shelves to the ground with a broom.A restored Superman gracefully and majestically flew above the blue planet Earth, again keeping vigilant watch.