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The Burning Soil (1922)

The Burning Soil (1922)

Drama
Release Date: 1922, March 3
Directors: F. W. Murnau
Countries: Germany
Production: Deulig Film, Deulig Film, Goron Film, Goron Film
Cast: Alfred Abel, Werner Krauß, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard von Winterstein, Eugen Klöpfer, Stella Arbenina, Lya De Putti

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.

Keywords:

revenge suicide love class differences greed