Film
The Burning Soil
1922 · 1h 38m · Drama
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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.
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
Stella Arbenina
Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
Alfred Abel
Ludwig von Lellewel
Eugen Rex
Crew
- F. W. MurnauDirector
- Willy HaasWriter
- Arthur RosenWriter
- Thea von HarbouWriter
- Sascha GoronProducer
- Karl FreundDirector of Photography
- Fritz Arno WagnerDirector of Photography
- Alexander SchirmannOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 3, 1922
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
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