---
title: 'The Burning Soil (1922)'
type: 'film'
director: 'F. W. Murnau'
released: '1922-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-burning-soil-1922'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012973/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Burning Soil (1922)

1922 · 100 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Der brennende Acker

## Synopsis

The Burning Soil is a 1922 German silent film directed by F.W. Murnau. It was made the same year as Murnau's Nosferatu and released in Germany around the same time. The film follows the struggle over a plot of petroleum-rich land.

## Credits

- **Director:** [F. W. Murnau](https://cinepixo.com/people/f-w-murnau)
- **Producer:** [F. W. Murnau](https://cinepixo.com/people/f-w-murnau), [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Screenplay:** [Thea von Harbou](https://cinepixo.com/people/thea-von-harbou), [Willy Haas](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-haas)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexander Schirmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-schirmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund), [Fritz Arno Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-arno-wagner)

## Cast

- [Grete Diercks](https://cinepixo.com/people/grete-diercks)
- [Vladimir Gajdarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-gajdarov)
- [Emilia Unda](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilia-unda)
- [Stella Arbenina](https://cinepixo.com/people/stella-arbenina)
- [Elsa Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-wagner)
- [Magnus Stifter](https://cinepixo.com/people/magnus-stifter)
- [Georg John](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-john)
- [Werner Krauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-krauss)
- [Eugen Klöpfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugen-klopfer)
- [Lya De Putti](https://cinepixo.com/people/lya-de-putti)
- [Alfred Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-abel)
- [Olga Engl](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-engl)
- [Eduard von Winterstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-von-winterstein)
- [Robert Leffler](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-leffler)
- [Adolf Klein](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-klein)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-burning-soil-1922
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