Movie

The Burning Soil (1922)

• March 3, 1922
• 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.

Director

F. W. Murnau

Writers

Arthur Rosen, Thea von Harbou, Willy Haas

Starring

Werner Krauss, Eugen Klöpfer, Vladimir Gajdarov