1922 · 98 min · Drama
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.
Directed by F. W. Murnau. Starring Werner Krauss, Eugen Klöpfer, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard von Winterstein and Lya De Putti.
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