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The Burning Soil

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Der brennende Acker
Directed byF. W. Murnau
Written byWilly Haas
Thea von Harbou
Arthur Rosen
Produced bySascha Goron
Erich Pommer
StarringEugen Klöpfer
Vladimir Gajdarov
Werner Krauss
Eduard von Winterstein
CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner
Karl Freund
Release dates
Germany 3 March 1922
Running time
110 min. restored version
CountryGermany Germany
LanguageSilent film
German intertitles

Der brennende Acker (English: The Burning Soil) is a 1922 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 tells the story of a struggle over a plot of petroleum-rich land.

The film was considered lost until 1978, when it was discovered to have been owned by an Italian priest who organized screenings in mental hospitals. [1] A restoration of the film was made with the assistance of French director Eric Rohmer.


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