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.
F. W. Murnau
Director
Willy Haas
Writer
Arthur Rosen
Writer
Thea von Harbou
Writer
Werner Krauss
Der alte Rog / Old Rog
Eugen Klöpfer
Peter Rog
Vladimir Gajdarov
Johannes Rog
Eduard von Winterstein
Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg
Lya De Putti
Gerda, Rudenburgs Tochter / Gerda, Rudenburg's daughter
Stella Arbenina
Helga, Rudenburgs zweite Frau / Helga, Rudenburg's 2nd wife
Alfred Abel
Ludwig von Lellewel
Eugen Rex
Strange Weather58%
Bring Them Down67%
The Unforgivable74%
Holy Lands61%
1358%
Salomé62%
Five Minutes of Heaven61%
The Crush66%
La joven69%
Rose Plays Julie58%
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge60%
Run60%
The Visit72%
Falsche Bewegung67%
All Day and a Night62%
The Safety of Objects65%
A Score to Settle58%
Test60%
Lorelei59%
I'm Thinking of Ending Things65%
