The Emperor of California (1936)
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.
Top billed cast
Luis TrenkerJohann August Suter
Viktoria von BallaskoAnna Suter
Elise AulingerMrs. Dübol
Bernhard MinettiDer Fremde
Werner KunigRudolf - beider Sohn
Hans Zesch-BallotGouverneur Alvaredo
Marcella AlbaniSeine Frau
Walter FranckCastro - sein Adjutant- Reginald PaschMarshall
- August EichhornHarper
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