Black Gold

Black Gold (2025) is a drama, western series directed by Nina Wolfrum, Tim Trachte rated 5.8/10.

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.

Cast

Harriet Herbig-Matten

Johanna Lambert

Aaron Hilmer

Richard Pape

Tom Wlaschiha

Wilhelm Pape

Lena Urzendowsky

Luisa Pape

Jessica Schwarz

Martha Lambert

Henny Reents

Elisabeth Pape

Slavko Popadic

Jakub Mazurak

Daniil Kremkin

Max Jordan

Julius Nitschkoff

Leo Knizka

Felix Lambert

Marton Csokas

Tyler Robertson

Peter Schneider

Georg Lambert