The Burning Soil
6.3(22 votes)
March 3, 1922
1h 38m
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.
Director
F. W. MurnauWriters
Arthur Rosen, Thea von Harbou, Willy Haas
