Black Gold

Original title: Schwarzes Gold

• 2025
• •
• Ended
• •
• 12

• Drama
• Western

★ 5.8 TMDB Rating · 4 votes

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.

Created by

Matthias Greving , Justin Koch

Seasons

1

Episodes

7

Episode length

~45m

First aired

Dec 22, 2025

Networks

Das Erste

Original language

German

Origin

Germany