The Burning Soil (1922)
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.
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Cast
- Werner Krauss — Der alte Rog / Old Rog
- Eugen Klöpfer — Peter Rog
- Vladimir Gajdarov — Johannes Rog
- Eduard von Winterstein — Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
- Lya De Putti — Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter
- Stella Arbenina — Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
- Alfred Abel — Ludwig von Lellewel
- Eugen Rex
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