The Burning Soil

Name: The Burning Soil
Director: F. W. Murnau
Genre: Drama
Released: 1922-03-03
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Werner Krauss, Eugen Klöpfer, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard von Winterstein, Lya De Putti

Directed by F. W. Murnau

Drama

19221h 38m6.3

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.