The Burning Soil (1922)

03/03/1922 (DE) • 1h 38m

Drama

Overview

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 Billed Cast

Werner Krauss

Der alte Rog / Old 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

suicide

greed

love

revenge

class differences

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