The Kaiser of California
★ 5.8 · 1936 · 97m · Drama · Western
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.
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1936 · ★ 9
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1942 · ★ 6.3
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1941 · ★ 7.5
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1940 · ★ 6.8
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