The Burning Soil
6.3
25 votes
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.
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Cast
Werner Krauss
Der alte Rog / Old Rog
Eugen Klöpfer
Peter Rog
Vladimir Gajdarov
Johannes RogE
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
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