The Burning Soil (1922) — drama film. Directed by F. W. Murnau. Starring Werner Krauss, Eugen Klöpfer, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard von Winterstein. This page maps 4 characters and 5 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A tale of greed, cursed land, and the destructive pursuit of ambition leading to tragic consequences and eventual redemption.
Drama · 6.3/10 · 98 min · 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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