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
as Johann August Suter

Viktoria von Ballasko
as Anna Suter

Elise Aulinger
as Mrs. Dübol

Bernhard Minetti
as Der Fremde

Werner Kunig
as Rudolf - beider Sohn

Hans Zesch-Ballot
as Gouverneur Alvaredo

Marcella Albani
as Seine Frau

Walter Franck
as Castro - sein Adjutant

Reginald Pasch
as Marshall

August Eichhorn
as Harper