The Burning Soil
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.
Directed by F. W. Murnau · Written by Willy Haas
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Werner Krauss Der alte Rog / Old Rog -
Eugen Klöpfer Peter Rog -
Vladimir Gajdarov Johannes Rog - Eduard von Winterstein Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
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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
Make it a double feature
3h 25m together
The Burning Soil
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