The Burning Soil
Der brennende Acker
1922·98 min·DE
Director: F. W. Murnau
Drama
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.
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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Cast
Crew
Willy Haas
writer
Karl Freund
cinematographer
Alexander Schirmann
composer
Fritz Arno Wagner
cinematographer
Arthur Rosen
writer
Thea von Harbou
writer
