Black Gold (2025)
Season 1 — Episode 1
Subtitles for: Black Gold (2025)
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.
| Rate | ★ 5.8/10 (4 votes) |
| Genre | Drama Western |
| Duration | 45 min / episode |
| Country | DE |
| Release | 22 Dec 2025 |
| Language | DE |
| Director | Nina Wolfrum, Tim Trachte |
| Keywords | germany corruption countryside capitalism europe greed frontier love revenge conflict historical family oil field industrial raw somber transition industrialization realistic oil boom |
| IMDb | tt36269412 ↗ |
| Type | TV Series Ended |
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