The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his childhood. Now only he believes in the legend, and is the laughingstock of the villagers. Determined to prove that he is right, he takes advantage of the interest of the Swiss naturalist and physicist Horace Benedict de Saussure, who promises a reward of a thousand pieces of gold for the first who reaches the summit. The determination of Jacques Balmat will overcome the numerous obstacles that will arise during the ascent. French version of the film 'Der Konig vom Mont Blanc', in which the second-tier actors are different.

Jeanne de Carol
as Marie's Mother

Georges Colin
as Marie's Father

Brigitte Horney
as Marie

Willy Kaiser-Heyl
as Prof. Saussure

Ernst Nansen
as Paccard

Pierre Piérade
as A villager

Klaus Pohl
as Balmat's Father

Pierre Provins
as The General

Sepp Rist
as Jacques Balmat

Michel Paccard
as Related Character