The Burning Soil

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.

• F. W. MurnauDirector
• Willy HaasWriter
• Arthur RosenWriter
• Thea von HarbouWriter
• Alexander SchirmannOriginal Music Composer

• Werner KraussDer alte Rog / Old Rog
• Eugen KlöpferPeter Rog
• Vladimir GajdarovJohannes Rog
• Eduard von WintersteinGraf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
• Lya De PuttiGerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter
• Stella ArbeninaHelga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
• Alfred AbelLudwig von Lellewel
• Eugen RexCast