Fool’s Gold

Well, far away you’re willing to go… For treasures and fool’s gold… Yet here we stand with outstretched hand… The seed of Heaven to sow Seventeen-year-old Thomas Schmidt loves his beer.

But too much of it one night and a tragic fight at the local Gasthaus sends him fleeing from his tiny village in 1830s Germany. He is so desperate to outrun the avenger (Rudolph Stein) pursuing him that Thomas becomes an indentured servant to buy passage to America. Eventually, their misadventure leads Thomas and Rudolph to the 1849 California Gold Rush.

There they join one from China, an ex-slave, and a veteran of other gold strikes and find the lust for gold can result in more pain and death than happiness. Their lost treasure of family eats away at Thomas’s and Rudolph’s souls.

Available on: