Released:
1922-03-03

Overview:
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.

Director:
F. W. Murnau

Runtime:
1h 38min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  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