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The Burning Soil (1922)
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Drama · 1h 38m
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
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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
- Director
- F. W. Murnau
- Writer
- Willy Haas, Arthur Rosen, Thea von Harbou
- Director of Photography
- Karl Freund, Fritz Arno Wagner
- Original Music Composer
- Alexander Schirmann
- Producer
- Sascha Goron
Details
- Original title
- Der brennende Acker
- Release date
- 1922-03-03
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Deulig Film, Goron Film