The Burning Soil
Sign in to save1922 film by F. W. Murnau
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6.4When 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.
Released: 1922-03-0398 minDir: F. W. MurnauDrama
Cast
- Werner Krauss as Der alte Rog / Old Rog
- Eugen Klöpfer as Peter Rog
- Vladimir Gajdarov as Johannes Rog
- Eduard von Winterstein as Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
- Lya De Putti as Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter
- Stella Arbenina as Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1922
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Director
- F. W. Murnau
- Screenwriter
- Willy Haas
- Producer
- F. W. Murnau
- Cinematographer
- Fritz Arno Wagner
- Duration
- +100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 328847
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1920s rediscovered films1922 drama films1922 films1922 German films1922 German-language filmsFilms directed by F. W. MurnauFilms of the Weimar RepublicFilms produced by Erich PommerFilms shot at Babelsberg StudiosFilms with screenplays by Thea von HarbouGerman black-and-white filmsGerman Expressionist films