The Burning Soil
The Burning Soil (German: Der brennende Acker) 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 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. A restoration of the film was made with the assistance of French director Eric Rohmer.
Plot
“Devil's Field” is a cursed place, that scares the entire population of a small village of Silesia, because an ancestor of the family Rudenburg perished there victim of a mysterious explosion while digging a well in search of a buried treasure. Count von Rudenburg, current title holder, is also searching for the treasure, without result. He lives in his castle with his second wife, Helga, and a daughter from a first marriage, capricious Gerda.
In the nearby village, an old peasant, Rog, dies leaving two sons, Peter, very attached to the family land, and ambitious Johannes who thinks he is too good to live a peasant's life. He becomes secretary to Count von Rudenburg and starts courting his daughter. One day, he overhears that the Count has found an oilfield under Devil's Field. Shortly after, the Count, who is terminally ill, dictates him his will according to which his daughter Gerda will inherit his entire estate including all properties, manors and castles, while his second wife Helga will only inherit Devil's Field. Johannes then tells Helga she is the one he is in love with. He marries her after the Count's death.
The Burning
The Burning may refer to:
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See also
The Burning (Seinfeld)
"The Burning" is the 172nd episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 16th episode for the ninth and final season. It aired on March 19, 1998.
The title of this episode is the same as the 1981 slasher film The Burning, which was Jason Alexander's film debut.
This episode is dedicated to the memory of Lloyd Bridges, who died on March 10, 1998. Bridges played Izzy Mandelbaum in "The English Patient" and "The Blood".
Plot
The Burning (Thunderstone album)
The Burning is Finnish power metal band Thunderstone's second album.
Track listing
All songs written by Nino Laurenne, except where noted.
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by Dreadful Shadows
The Soil
by: Dreadful ShadowsShades are rising above my head
Voices whisper a name
A coat of ice is covering me
A breath of decay drifts away
"The soil is your father, don't try to escape
Give in our will and awake"
Paralyzed by agony
When bones broke through my skin
My splintering skull was the last thing I felt
I leave my mortal remains
"A spiral of darkness will lead to your home
Open the gate to that world
The soil is your father, don't try to escape
Give in our will and awake"