Struggle for the Soil

Struggle for the Soil (German: Kampf um die Scholle) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Gustav Oberg, Ferdinand von Alten, and Oskar Marion.^[1] It is based on the classic novel From My Farming Days by Fritz Reuter.

Struggle for the Soil
Directed by	Erich Waschneck
Written by	Willy Rath Erich Waschneck
Based on	From My Farming Days by Fritz Reuter
Starring	Gustav Oberg Ferdinand von Alten Oskar Marion
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	27 January 1925 (1925-01-27)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The film's art direction was by Botho Hoefer, Hans Minzloff, and Bernhard Schwidewski. It was shot on location in Lensahn in Holstein.

Cast

• Gustav Oberg as Herbert von Wulfshagen
• Ferdinand von Alten as Axel von Wulfshagen
• Oskar Marion as Franz von Wulfshagen
• Margarete Schön as Franz von Wulfshagen
• Otto Kronburger [de] as Gutsinspektor Kart Merten
• Mary Parker as Luise Merten
• Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Fritz Quirlitz
• Wilhelm Diegelmann as Onkel Uhl
• Viktor Schwannecke as Paul Großkopp
• Emil Rameau as Moses Hirsch
• Erich Schönfelder as David Hirsch
• Rudolf Klein-Rhoden as Alter Schäfer Thies
• Walter Formes [de] as Knecht
• Rolf Brunner as Trainer
• Karl Harbacher