The Black Gold
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2025
4h 30min
Young farmer’s daughter Johanna Lambert works as a maid to support her struggling family. No one suspects that a hidden treasure lies beneath the Lambert family’s woodland: crude oil. Only Richard, the son of neighboring wealthy landowner Wilhelm Pape, knows the truth and dreams of a future with Johanna. Their forbidden love is put to the test when the ruthless oil trader Tyler Robertson arrives, sparking a bitter struggle for power and wealth. Driven by greed, Wilhelm Pape stops at nothing: betrayal, deceit, and the expropriation of the Lamberts push the village to the brink of collapse.
Storyline
Young farmer’s daughter Johanna Lambert works as a maid to support her struggling family. No one suspects that a hidden treasure lies beneath the Lambert family’s woodland: crude oil. Only Richard, the son of neighboring wealthy landowner Wilhelm Pape, knows the truth and dreams of a future with Johanna. Their forbidden love is put to the test when the ruthless oil trader Tyler Robertson arrives, sparking a bitter struggle for power and wealth. Driven by greed, Wilhelm Pape stops at nothing: betrayal, deceit, and the expropriation of the Lamberts push the village to the brink of collapse.
Released
22 December 2025
Runtime
4h 30min
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Genre
Status
Released
Language
German
Production
NDR, ARD
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