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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.

Werner Krauss
as Der alte Rog / Old Rog

Eugen Klöpfer
as Peter Rog

Vladimir Gajdarov
as Johannes Rog
Eduard von Winterstein
as Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg

Lya De Putti
as Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter

Stella Arbenina
as Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife

Alfred Abel
as Ludwig von Lellewel

Der brennende Acker
March 3, 1922 · 1h 38m
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.

Werner Krauss
as Der alte Rog / Old Rog

Eugen Klöpfer
as Peter Rog

Vladimir Gajdarov
as Johannes Rog
Eduard von Winterstein
as Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg

Lya De Putti
as Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter

Stella Arbenina
as Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife

Alfred Abel
as Ludwig von Lellewel