The Burning Soil

The Burning Soil — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 3, 1922
• Runtime
• 98 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• F. W. Murnau

The Burning Soil — Cast

Werner Krauss Der alte Rog / Old Rog Eugen Klöpfer Peter Rog Vladimir Gajdarov Johannes Rog

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Eduard von Winterstein Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg Lya De Putti Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter Stella Arbenina Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife Alfred Abel Ludwig von Lellewel Eugen Rex