The Burning Soil

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 Der alte Rog / Old Rog

Eugen Klöpfer Peter Rog

Vladimir Gajdarov Johannes Rog

Eduard von Winterstein Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg

Lya De Putti Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter