The Burning Soil
movie
Released March 03, 1922
Genres:
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
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
Alfred Abel
as
Ludwig von Lellewel
Eugen Rex
Crew
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Arthur Rosen
as
Writer
F. W. Murnau
as
Director
Thea von Harbou
as
Writer
Willy Haas
as
Writer
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Fritz Arno Wagner
as
Director of Photography
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Sascha Goron
as
Producer
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Rochus Gliese
as
Art Direction
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Karl Freund
as
Director of Photography
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Alexander Schirmann
as
Original Music Composer