The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the birthplace of the great California Gold Rush of 1848.

• Luis Trenker-Film
• Luis Trenker
• Viktoria von Ballasko
• Elise Aulinger
• Bernhard Minetti
• Werner Kunig
• Hans Zesch-Ballot
• Marcella Albani
• Walter Franck