"THE BURNING SOIL" "THE DRAMA OF AN AMBITIOUS PERSON 6 reels" "Direction:" "Script:" "Set design and construction:" "Photography:" "Cast:" "Other contributors:" "1st reel" ""God protect us!" "On a night like this, the old man of the field could easily return!"" ""May he rest in peace." "Don't tell those stories in this house."" "But, day and night, he could not free his spirit from this place." "He seemed to be Satan's toy." "He made his peasants and servants work hard digging a well, for he imagined that a treasure..." ""The old man Rog is dying." "Shall I attend to him?"" ""I don't want you to go out on a night like this..."" ""Hasn't Johannes arrived yet?"" "Gerda, for 2 months, I have no news of you." "I'm dying of anguish and impatience." "Johannes is going to see his dying father." "I'll accompany him to see you." "Lellewel" ""Don't you want to come with me to the spinners?"" ""To hear the fairy tale of the Devil's Field for the umpteenth time?"" ""Johannes still hasn't come."" ""Will you fetch the priest, Maria?" "The end is near..."" ""Why the hell don't you take the straight route?"" ""By night, ten horses wouldn't make me go by the damned chapel."" ""You must take the straight road." "My father is dying...!"" ""No, I will not say anything." "The count has forbidden it."" ""Tell it, Maria, I adore hearing those old stories!"" ""There, where you find today the Redemption Chapel..."" "...Satan's toy." "He made his peasants and servants work hard digging a well, for he imagined that a treasure was buried under that field, and he could not get rest until he had found it." ""Sir, don't push your luck." "If the land does not bear fruit, it is because it is damned."" "They managed to put out the flames, and, built a chapel for redemption." "But no grass or tree grows on the Devil's Field, and who passes it, makes the sign of the cross." ""As to Johannes, he is too ambitious to be a peasant." "He should stay on the farm and marry Maria."" ""Too late..."" ""The priest is on his way."" ""The farmer is dead."" ""So Johannes has arrived too late."" ""Why do the village dogs howl so?"" ""It's death they sense."" "And if I do not find out the secret, so my heirs must not stop digging, until the treasure of Devil's Field is found, and they have shared its fortune." ""Still nothing..."" "End of the 1st reel 2nd reel" ""Forgive me for coming so soon." "I just arrived from the city..." "Gerda's last letter upset me so."" ""You sent for me, dad?"" ""Lellewel has come here."" ""How long will you keep him waiting with your whims?"" ""I cannot tolerate this any longer." "You will have to make a decision if you want marry him or not..."" ""Excuse me, my horse awaits me."" ""Bread is a sacred thing to farmers." "Johannes, don't play with your it."" ""And another thing, Johannes."" ""You're late for work and for meals." "You were born on this land, but you care less for it than a stranger."" ""...or perhaps you envy me the farm?"" ""I spit on Rog's farm."" ""Aren't you ashamed to mock the land where you were born?"" ""I've breathed the beau monde's air." "I cannot live like a farmer anymore, in depressing huts, where men are as dumb as their beasts."" ""Do I harness the red horse or the bay?"" ""You will have to be content with my company, Ludwig." "Gerda has gone out."" ""If you don't want to remain on the farm, go see my father." "You always got along well with him."" ""Won't you tell us about your journey?"" ""My new secretary."" ""I came because I cannot live in uncertainty any longer, Gerda." "When will you become my wife?"" ""I don't know!"" "End of the 2nd reel 3rd reel" ""Are you now going to ride with Johannes every day?"" ""Do you object?"" ""Johannes knows how it's done, no?"" ""They are riding together yet again!"" ""Jealous - the little bride?"" ""I wanted to ask you, Peter, if you could use me as a maid on the Rog farm."" ""That way, I might believe that Johannes will one day come back."" ""If you can spare a moment, Gerda, I would like a word."" ""Are you convinced that beneath the Devil's Field there is a big oil well?"" ""Unless all our calculations and investigations are mistaken - yes!"" ""Don't you think, Gerda, that your fiancee will resent your daily rides with Johannes?"" ""I must make a will, Johannes!" "No time to lose."" ""I won't be dictated, and if Ludwig agrees..."" "I, Josef Emanuel, Count Von Rudenberg, declare myself to be in possession of all my mental faculties." "Upon my death, my daughter Gerda, of my first marriage with Clarisse Rudenberg, born Countess Calas, will inherit all my fortune, that is, all my goods, houses and castles, to dispose of as she sees fit." "My wife Helga will inherit the land known as the Devil's Field." "Furthermore I specify that my wife may live at Castle Rudenberg during her lifetime." "Josef von Rudenberg" ""As your father's wife, I forbid you to make the people talk any more about you and Johannes!"" ""Would the honor of this house concern you so much if Johannes chose to go riding with you?"" ""It's an idea..."" ""Even if I loved you more than life, Johannes, and if I were dying of solitude and grief, nothing in the world would make me sacrifice my husband's honour."" ""So you love him?" "'" ""Yes, I love him!"" ""And you, Johannes?" "Do you love Helga?"" ""Since you have written yourself the small part for Helga in my will, this must come from a sincere heart."" ""The doctor has only given me a few weeks to live." "Your patience will not be put to the test."" ""Now you may marry me off when and with whom you like." "I don't care."" "End of the 3rd reel 4th reel" "The second marriage." "If this measure is reached within 24 hours, we will be ready to negotiate with you." ""At last!"" ""The Devil's Field..." "I must to the city..."" ""And the formidable treasure that rests under the Devil's Field only needs to be dug up!"" ""Days and nights follow one after the other." "Must I sacrifice my life because of this inheritance?"" ""How may I help you, Countess?"" ""Peter, please call me Helga." "After all, you are my brother-in-law."" ""Peter, you are the wisest farmer in the village." "All come to see you about their worries and desires."" ""Do you know anybody in the area who would buy the Devil's Field?"" ""In this area, nobody will buy the Devil's Field." "It brings bad luck." "And what would a farmer do with it."" ""Our company offers you the sum of 20 million in exchange for rights to the Devil's Field."" ""Then I should search for a buyer in town."" ""How much would the field cost?"" ""Twelve thousand mark?"" ""That's a lot of money for unproductive land."" ""Would you agree to a price of 25 million?"" ""I won't sell the Devil's Field." "For me the only deal is exploiting the field with your financial help."" ""But it's worth twelve thousand mark to me to keep the matter out of town folk's hands."" ""We'd better put the case in writing...for better or for worse!"" "I bear witness of having sold my lot called the Devil's Field to Peter Rog for the sum of twelve thousand marks." "Helga Rog, widow, Countess Rudenberg." ""It's my pleasure to inform you that the Commerce Minister would be pleased to see you this evening."" ""The government owes you gratitude and recognition." "You have served your country by opening up these riches."" "End of the 4th reel 5th reel" "The next day, Johannes returned to Castle Rudenberg a happy man." "He thought he now had everything he ever dreamed of:" "Money and power." ""What money is that?"" ""This is what I got for the Devil's Field..."" ""I've sold the Devil's Field to Peter for twelve thousand marks!"" ""Do you know what you've done?" "You have sold for a trifle a piece of land worth millions and millions!"" ""There is an oil field underneath that ground!"" ""So you knew before that with the Devil's Field I would inherit millions?"" ""So... you've never loved me!"" ""You should annul that sale any way you can!"" ""Maria, will you be my wife?"" ""I became a maid on this farm because Johannes grew up here." "Forget your question, Peter, as I will forget it." "If not, I will have to leave this house."" ""It is true that he makes one suffer." "I couldn't suffer for you, Peter." "And that is why I don't love you."" ""I beg you, Peter, for God's sake, take back the money and return the contract to me."" ""Otherwise, Peter, I'll despair!"" ""I must speak with you, Peter!"" ""The bowl is not yet empty." "Sit down and eat!" "Time to talk later."" ""My wife has made a sale to you; it must be cancelled."" ""As far as I know, your wife is of age, and may do with her inheritance as she pleases!"" ""But she didn't know what she was selling when she sold the Devil's Field."" ""How did you know that there's oil under the Devil's Field?"" ""Is anyone missing from your village?"" ""There's your field back!" "I want nothing more to do with you!"" ""Get out, everyone!" "This man must look to his conscience about what happened here."" "End of the 5th reel 6th reel" ""Manager Rog expects visitors on business." "He has ordered to refuse any other visitors."" ""Is it true, Johannes, that Helga has committed suicide because you didn't love her?"" ""Admit to me, Johannes..." "it wasn't Helga you loved..." "it was only...her millions?"" ""I love you, Johannes!" "Tell me, that you never loved her."" ""I didn't love you nor her!" "It was all just ambition..."" ""Take this note to Castle Lellewel as quick as you can."" ""The drilling tests surpassed all our expectations." "It's possible to begin drilling immediately."" "Forgive me, Ludwig!" "I trifled with your love." "But now, my love has also been refused." "You are good and will forgive me." "But I cannot!" "I want to revenge me, and to atone too." "Gerda." ""Our Father, who art in Heaven."" ""Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven."" ""And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us."" ""The Devil's Field is burning!"" ""Never...never will the hellfire in me go out!"" ""Good news, sir!" "Help came from all around." "The fire is getting under control!"" ""Now they are all together." "Now I will speak to them."" ""Brother, I am not worthy of the hand that you offer me."" ""Forgive me, Peter, I've sinned against you." "I've scorned you and the country where I was born."" ""Forgive me, Maria!" "I have sinned against you, because I have despised your love."" ""Forgive me, all of you!" "I have sinned against you because I wanted to be better than you!"" ""But did you know that I would come home today?"" ""We have waited for you every day." "Your room was always ready for you."" "The end." "THE BURNING EARTH Germany, 1922" "Director" "With" "Story" "Cinematography" "Sets" "We thank the following institutions for restoration and conservation of the film stock." 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