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The Burning Soil

19226.3 / 1098 min
Drama

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

Werner Krauss

Der alte Rog / Old Rog

Eugen Klöpfer

Eugen Klöpfer

Peter Rog

Vladimir Gajdarov

Vladimir Gajdarov

Johannes Rog

Eduard von Winterstein

Eduard von Winterstein

Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg

Lya De Putti

Lya De Putti

Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter

Stella Arbenina

Stella Arbenina

Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife

Alfred Abel

Alfred Abel

Ludwig von Lellewel

Eugen Rex

Eugen Rex

Crew

F. W. Murnau

F. W. Murnau

Director

Willy Haas

Willy Haas

Writer

Arthur Rosen

Arthur Rosen

Writer

Thea von Harbou

Thea von Harbou

Writer

Sascha Goron

Sascha Goron

Producer

Alexander Schirmann

Alexander Schirmann

Original Music Composer

Karl Freund

Karl Freund

Director of Photography

Fritz Arno Wagner

Fritz Arno Wagner

Director of Photography

Rochus Gliese

Rochus Gliese

Art Direction