General Sutter

General Sutter is a 1999 Swiss historical film directed by Benny Fasnacht and starring Wolfram Berger, 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 by	Benny Fasnacht
Written by	Caroline Felix Brun
Produced by	Benny Fasnacht
Starring	Hannes Schmidhauser Wolfram Berger Werner Bachofen Rahman Deshongh Raul Subia
Edited by	Jean Merrouche Benny Fasnacht
Music by	Philippe Blumenthal
Production company	Fasnacht & Partner AG
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Switzerland
Language	German

Music

The music was composed by Swiss composer Philippe Blumenthal and recorded in Prague with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and later released on a hard to find CD. It was Blumenthal's first orchestral score for a feature film.^[1]