Gold (2013 film)

Gold is a 2013 German Western film directed by Thomas Arslan. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.^[1][2]

Gold
Film poster
Directed by	Thomas Arslan
Written by	Thomas Arslan
Produced by	Florian Koerner von Gustorf Michael Weber
Starring	Nina Hoss Uwe Bohm
Cinematography	Patrick Orth
Edited by	Bettina Böhler
Music by	Dylan Carlson
Release dates	9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) (Berlin) 28 February 2013 (2013-02-28) (Germany)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	German English

Plot

The film depicts a trek of settlers of German and Austrian-Hungarian origin on their way through a sparsely populated part of Canada. The Group travels in 1899 from Ashcroft, British Columbia to Dawson City, following the Klondike Gold Rush.

Cast

• Nina Hoss as Emily Meyer
• Uwe Bohm as Gustav Müller
• Kindall Charters as First Indian
• Rosa Enskat as Maria Dietz
• Peter Kurth as Wilhelm Laser
• Marko Mandić [de] as Carl Böhmer
• Wolfgang Packhäuser as Otto Dietz
• Lars Rudolph as Joseph Rossmann

Reception

Variety's Alissa Simon described the film as an "involving, naturalistic period piece" and an homage to "late-era Western". She also appreciated the cinematography for portraying the landscapes as "ruggedly majestic".^[3]

Cine Vue's Patrick Gamble praised Nina Hoss for being "her usual captivating self" who convinces the audience she lived through a variety of strong emotions "without even flinching a muscle" but he also stated her performance was squandered because the plot offered "little in the way of entertainment or palpable suspense".^[4]