Greed for power, betrayal and the dream of quick wealth: An oil boom breaks out in the Lüneburg Heath around 1900, transforming an entire region into a German „Wild West“. This series tells of this time, of the destructive power of boundless selfishness, but also of the courage to rebel against injustice. Lüneburg Heath around 1900: The young farmer's daughter Johanna works as a maid to support her family. No one suspects that there is a treasure lurking beneath her family's fields – petroleum. Only Richard, the son of the neighboring farmer Pape, knows about it and dreams of a future together with Johanna. Their forbidden love is put to the test when the unscrupulous oil trader Mr. Robertson appears and a fierce battle for power and wealth begins.
as Johanna Lambert
as Richard Pape
as Wilhelm Pape
as Luisa Pape
as Martha Lambert
as Elisabeth Pape
as Jakub Mazurak
as Max Jordan
as Felix Lambert
as Tyler Robertson
as Georg Lambert
as Emma Robertson
as Friedemann Born
as Walter Schröter
as Armin Thies
as Paul Pape
as Fritz
as Oscar
as Ernst Pohl
as Sophia Pohl
as Kurt
as Thomas
as Henriette
