The Burning Soil

1922 • 1h 38m • Drama

6.3(25 votes)

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. Murnau

Writers

Willy Haas, Arthur Rosen, Thea von Harbou

Status

Released