At the end of the 18th century, the wealthy French scholar Saussure comes to a small Alpine village and offers 1,000 pieces of gold to anyone who can lead him to the summit of Mont Blanc. The young farmer's son Jacques Balmat wants to take on the dangerous task, even though his father has told him from an early age about the mighty mountain spirits who guard a legendary treasure of gold on the mountain peak.
Sepp Rist
as Jacques Balmat
Brigitte Horney
as Maria
Eduard von Winterstein
as Marias Vater
Friedrich Kayssler
as Dorfpfarrer
Helene Fehdmer
as Marias Mutter
Klaus Pohl
as Balmats Vater
Hans Hermann Schaufuß
as Bauer
