The Burning Soil
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The 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.
Run Time
1h 38m
Genre
Drama
Release Date
03 Mar 1922
Country
Germany
Language
No Language
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Werner KraussDer alte Rog / Old Rog
Eugen KlöpferPeter Rog
Vladimir GajdarovJohannes Rog
Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
Lya De PuttiGerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter
Stella ArbeninaHelga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
Alfred AbelLudwig von Lellewel
Eugen Rex
Deulig Film
Goron Film


F. W. Murnau
Willy Haas
Thea von Harbou