''Fall of the Mohicans'' ( es, Uncas, el fin de una raza/ ''Uncas, The End of a Race'', or it, L'ultimo dei Mohicani) is a 1965 Spanish-Italian historical

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adventure film directed by Mateo Cano and starring Jack Taylor, Paul Muller and Sara Lezana. The film is based on James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the ''Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder ...

'', but made in the style of a Spaghetti Western. It was shot on location in the

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Another adaptation of the story '' The Last Tomahawk'' was released the same year by Germany's

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Story

In 1757 French troops take

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. British Colonel Munro and his two daughters are captured by the Marques of Montcalm and offered to the Huron chief Cunning Fox.

Cast

* Jack Taylor as Duncan Edward * Paul Muller as Colonel Munro * Sara Lezana as Cora Munro * Daniel Martín as

Uncas Uncas () was a ''sachem'' of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes. Early life and family Uncas was born n ...

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as Cunning Fox * Barbara Loy as Alice Munro *

Luis Induni Luis Induni (5 March 1920, in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy – 31 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian film actor of the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He made his debut in the western film ''Billy the Kid'' (1962) al ...

as Hawkeye * José Marco as

Chingachgook Chingachgook is a fictional character in four of James Fenimore Cooper's five ''Leatherstocking Tales'', including his 1826 novel ''The Last of the Mohicans''. Chingachgook was a lone Mohican chief and companion of the series' hero, Natty Bumppo. ...

* Carlos Casaravilla as Tamerind *

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as Doctor * Modesto Blanch as Brancourt * Pedro Rodríguez de Quevedo as General Webb * Alfonso del Real as Higgins * José Riesgo as Soldier *

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as Commander * Pedro Fenollar as French Officer *

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Marquis de Montcalm Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American th ...

* Carlos Casaravilla as Tamenund

References

Bibliography

* Bertil O. Österberg. ''Colonial America on Film and Television: A Filmography''. McFarland, 15 Apr 2009.

External links

* 1965 films Films based on The Last of the Mohicans 1960s Italian-language films Spaghetti Western films 1965 Western (genre) films 1960s historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films Spanish historical adventure films Films set in 1757 Films directed by Mateo Cano Films shot in Almería 1960s Italian films Italian-language Spanish films {{1960s-Western-film-stub