

The Burning Soil
1922-03-03 · 98 min · ★ 6.3
When farmer Rog dies, his eldest Peter takes over the farm while his youngest Johannes is determined for a better life: he becomes secretary to Count Rudenberg and starts courting his daughter Gerda. When he learns that the Count, who is terminally ill, has bequeathed a piece of land under which lies a petroleum field to his second wife, he courts her instead.
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- Directors
- F. W. Murnau
- Production companies
- Deulig Film, Goron Film
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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Werner KraussDer alte Rog / Old Rog
Eugen KlöpferPeter Rog
Vladimir GajdarovJohannes Rog
Lya De PuttiGerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter
Stella ArbeninaHelga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
Alfred AbelLudwig von Lellewel
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