Summary: When farmer Rog dies, his son Peter stays, but Johannes can not be satisfied with such a condition (and servant Maria's love) and finds a job as old Count Rudenberg's secretary. His ambition leads him to charm Gerda, the Count's unique daughter. But when he discovers that Count's second wife Helga will soon inherit a field that only he knows his underground is full with petroleum, he changes his allegiance... Greed and death. (imdb)

AKA: Burning Soil

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany

Directed By: F.W. Murnau

Written By: Willy Haas, Arthur Rosen

Starring: Werner Krauss, Lya De Putti, Eduard von Winterstein, Eugen Klöpfer, Vladimir Gajdarov, Stella Arbenina

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