Movielogr
The Burning Soil (1922)
Directed by F.W. Murnau
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.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Werner Krauss | Eugen Klöpfer | Vladimir Gajdarov | Eduard von Winterstein | Lya De Putti | Stella Arbenina | Alfred Abel | Eugen Rex