The Last of the Mohicans (German film)
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The Last of the Mohicans is the feature-length second part of the two-part 1920 German adventure film
Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking) directed by Arthur Wellin
and featuring Bela Lugosi
. It is based on James Fenimore Cooper
's novel of the same name
. The first part was The Deerslayer and Chingachgook
(Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook).
A print of Lederstrumpf, in its heavily edited U.S. version titled The Deerslayer, was discovered in the 1990s.
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking) directed by Arthur Wellin
Arthur Wellin
Arthur Wellin was a German film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He directed 18 films between 1916 and 1927. He also appeared in 11 films between 1915 and 1933. He was born in Berlin, Germany....
and featuring Bela Lugosi
Béla Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
. It is based on James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo...
's novel of the same name
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known...
. The first part was The Deerslayer and Chingachgook
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German adventure film Lederstrumpf , directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Béla Lugosi. It is based on the novel The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper...
(Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook).
A print of Lederstrumpf, in its heavily edited U.S. version titled The Deerslayer, was discovered in the 1990s.
Cast
- Charles Barley - Harry
- Edward Eyseneck - Worley
- Herta Heden - Judith Hutter
- Gottfried Kraus - Tom Hutter
- Béla LugosiBéla LugosiBéla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
- ChingachgookChingachgookChingachgook was a fictional character in four of James Fenimore Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, a lone Mohican chief and companion of the series' hero Natty Bumppo. Chingachgook married Wah-ta-Wah who bore him a son Uncas, but she died young. Uncas, at his birth "last of the Mohicans" grew... - Emil Mamelok - Deerslayer
- Erna Rehberger - Heddy Hutter
- Kurt Rottenburg - Magua
- Egon Söhnlein - Col. Munro
- Margot Sokolowska - Wah-ta-Wah
- Heddy Sven - Cora Munro