The Burning Soil
- Released on
Drama
•- Runtime
- 98 mins
(22 votes)
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.
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
- Eugen Klöpfer
- Vladimir Gajdarov
- Eduard von Winterstein
- Lya De Putti
- Stella Arbenina
- Alfred Abel
- Eugen Rex
Director
- F. W. Murnau
Producers
- Sascha Goron
