

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.
Cast
Der alte Rog / Old Rog
Peter Rog
Johannes Rog
Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter
Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
Ludwig von Lellewel