The Burning Soil

IMDb 6.3 1922 • 98 min • Drama

Director

F. W. Murnau

Country

DE

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Werner Krauss
Werner Krauss Der alte Rog / Old Rog
Eugen Klöpfer
Eugen Klöpfer Peter Rog
Vladimir Gajdarov
Vladimir Gajdarov Johannes Rog
Eduard von Winterstein
Eduard von Winterstein Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
Lya De Putti
Lya De Putti Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter