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.

Released March 3, 1922 98 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: tmdb.suicide, tmdb.greed, tmdb.love, tmdb.revenge, tmdb.class-differences, imdb.gasoline, imdb.love + 12 more, imdb.greed, imdb.weather, imdb.suicide, imdb.money, imdb.fire, imdb.snow, imdb.peasant, imdb.morality, imdb.class-differences, imdb.revenge, imdb.country, aspectratio.1-33-1