General Sutter is a 1999 Swiss historical film directed by Benny Fasnacht and starring Werner Bachofen, Hannes Schmidhauser and Rahman Dalrymple. It is based on the life of John August Sutter, a German-born Swiss figure who participated in the American gold rush in the years before the American Civil War.

General Sutter
Directed byBenny Fasnacht
Written byCaroline Felix Brun
Produced byBenny Fasnacht
Starring
Edited by
Music byPhilippe Blumenthal
Production
company
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageGerman