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.

• DirectorF. W. Murnau
• Release3 March 1922
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 38m
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  6.3
  22 reviews
• Productions

  Deulig Film, Goron Film