The Burning Soil (1922)
Der brennende Acker
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.
- Date of release
- 1922-03-03
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- F. W. Murnau
Casting
- 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
- Stella Arbenina — Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
- Alfred Abel — Ludwig von Lellewel
- Eugen Rex
Interesting facts
The Burning Soil is a 1922 German silent film directed by F.W. Murnau. It was made the same year as Murnau's Nosferatu and released in Germany around the same time. The film follows the struggle over a plot of petroleum-rich land.
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