Gold

Gold

112 mins | Drama, Adventure, Western | Feb. 9, 2013

Canada, the summer of 1898. A group of German settlers travel towards the far north in covered wagons with packhorses and their few possessions in tow. The seven travellers set off from Ashcroft, the final railway station. Along with their leader, flamboyant businessman Wilhelm Laser, they are hoping to find their fortune in the recently discovered goldfields of Dawson, but they have no idea of the stresses and dangers which lie ahead on their 2,500 kilometre journey. Before long uncertainty, cold weather and exhaustion begin to take their toll and conflicts escalate. The journey leads these men and women deeper and deeper into a menacing wilderness. (Berlinale.de)

Gold

112 mins | Drama, Adventure, Western | Feb. 9, 2013

Gold
Canada, the summer of 1898. A group of German settlers travel towards the far north in covered wagons with packhorses and their few possessions in tow. The seven travellers set off from Ashcroft, the final railway station. Along with their leader, flamboyant businessman Wilhelm Laser, they are hoping to find their fortune in the recently discovered goldfields of Dawson, but they have no idea of the stresses and dangers which lie ahead on their 2,500 kilometre journey. Before long uncertainty, cold weather and exhaustion begin to take their toll and conflicts escalate. The journey leads these men and women deeper and deeper into a menacing wilderness. (Berlinale.de)
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Schramm Film Koerner & Weber
Original title Gold
Directors Thomas Arslan
Writers Thomas Arslan

Cast

Nina Hoss

as Emily Meyer

Lars Rudolph

as Joseph Rossmann

Uwe Bohm

as Gustav Müller

Marko Mandić

as Carl Böhmer

Peter Kurth

as Wilhelm Laser

Wolfgang Packhäuser

as Otto Dietz

Rosa Enskat

as Maria Dietz

Kindall Charters

as First Indian

Terence Lewis

as Prosecutor of Carl