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The Burning Soil

Synopsis

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.

Drama

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Title:
The Burning Soil

Latest releases:
March 3, 1922

Decade:
Years 1920

Country of origin:
Germany

Duration
98mn

Genres
Drama

Actors
Werner Krauss, Eugen Klöpfer, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard von Winterstein

Source:
Public Domain via Wikipedia (Internet Archive)
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