The Burning Soil
1922 · 98 min
Drama
★ 6.3When 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.
Crew
- Director F. W. Murnau
- Writer Arthur Rosen
- Writer Willy Haas
- Writer Thea von Harbou
- Director of Photography Fritz Arno Wagner
- Director of Photography Karl Freund
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
Crew
- Director — F. W. Murnau
- Writer — Arthur Rosen
- Writer — Willy Haas
- Writer — Thea von Harbou
- Director of Photography — Fritz Arno Wagner
- Director of Photography — Karl Freund
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