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.
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| Directing | F. W. Murnau | Director |
| Writing | Willy Haas | Writer |
| Writing | Arthur Rosen | Writer |
| Writing | Thea von Harbou | Writer |
| Production | Sascha Goron | Producer |
| Sound | Alexander Schirmann | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Fritz Arno Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Art | Rochus Gliese | Art Direction |