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The Deerslayer and Chingachgook Directed by Arthur Wellin Produced by Arthur Wellin Written by James Fenimore Cooper (novel)
Robert HeymannStarring Béla Lugosi Cinematography Ernest Plhak Release date(s) 14 September 1920 Country Germany Language Silent The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (German: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German adventure film Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Béla Lugosi. It is based on the novel The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper. The second part was The Last of the Mohicans (Der Letzte der Mohikaner).
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Preservation status
Believed to be lost film for many years, a print of Lederstrumpf, in its heavily edited U.S. release version titled The Deerslayer, was eventually discovered, and became available on DVD in the 1990s.
Cast
- Emil Mamelok - Deerslayer
- Herta Heden - Judith Hutter
- Béla Lugosi - Chingachgook
- Gottfried Kraus - Tom Hutter
- Edward Eyseneck - Worley
- Margot Sokolowska - Wah-ta-Wah
- Frau Rehberger - Judith Hutter
- Willy Schroeder - Hartherz
- Herr Söhnlein - Col. Munro
- Heddy Sven - Cora Munro
- Frau Wenkhaus - Alice Munro
See also
External links
- The Deerslayer and Chingachgook at the Internet Movie Database
- The Deerslayer and Chingachgook is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
Categories:- German films
- 1920 films
- Black-and-white films
- Silent films
- Films set in the 1740s
- Films set in New York
- Films set in the Thirteen Colonies
- Georgian era films
- Films based on novels
- Silent Western film stubs
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