The Burning Soil (1922)

The Burning Soil (1922)

1922-03-03 Germany 98 Min. PG-13
6.3 22 votes

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

Werner Krauß is Der alte Rog / Old Rog
Der alte Rog / Old Rog
Eugen Klöpfer is Peter Rog
Eduard von Winterstein is Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
Lya De Putti is Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter
Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter
Stella Arbenina is Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
Alfred Abel is Ludwig von Lellewel
Ludwig von Lellewel