The Last of the Mohicans (1920 German film)

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The Last of the Mohicans
Directed by Arthur Wellin
Written by James Fenimore Cooper
Robert Heymann
Produced byArthur Wellin
Starring Bela Lugosi
CinematographyErnest Plhak
Release date
  • 10 November 1920 (1920-11-10)
CountryWeimar Republic
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Last of the Mohicans (German : Der letzte der Mohikaner) is the feature-length second part of the 1920 German silent Western film Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking) directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Bela Lugosi and Emil Mamalock. Bela Lugosi played the Indian Chingachgook, one of his most unusual roles, and Emil Mamalock played Hawkeye, the Deerslayer. [1] It is based on James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel of the same name. The first part is The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook).

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A print of Lederstrumpf, in its heavily edited shortened U.S. version titled The Deerslayer, was discovered in the 1990s, but the original full-length German film is lost.

Cast

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References

  1. "Der letzte Mohikaner". Film Portal. Retrieved 20 September 2020.