''The Last of the Mohicans'' (german: Der letzte der Mohikaner) is the feature-length second part of the 1920 German
silent Western
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film ''Lederstrumpf'' (''Leatherstocking'') directed by
Arthur Wellin
Arthur Wellin (born 31 October 1880, date of death unknown) 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, Ger ...
and featuring
Bela Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''S ...
and Emil Mamalock.
It is based on
James Fenimore Cooper
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's 1826
novel of the same name. The first part is ''
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook'' (''Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook''). 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. Bela Lugosi played the Indian Chingachgook, one of his most unusual roles, and Emil Mamalock played Hawkeye, the Deerslayer.
Cast
In alphabetical order
* Charles Barley as Harry
* Edward Eyseneck as Worley
* Herta Heden as Judith Hutter
* Gottfried Kraus as Tom Hutter
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Bela Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''S ...
as
Chingachgook, an Indian brave
* Emil Mamelok as the Deerslayer (aka Hawkeye)
* Erna Rehberger as Heddy Hutter
* Kurt Rottenburg as Magua (villain)
* Egon Söhnlein as Col. Munro
* Margot Sokolowska as Wah-ta-Wah
* Heddy Sven as Cora Munro
See also
*
Bela Lugosi filmography
Bela Lugosi (1882–1956), best known for the original screen portrayal of Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, Dracula in 1931, was in many movies during the course of his 39-year film career. He appeared in films made in his native Hungary, Germany and N ...
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1920 films
1920 Western (genre) films
Films based on The Last of the Mohicans
Films of the Weimar Republic
German black-and-white films
German sequel films
Silent German Western (genre) films
Films directed by Arthur Wellin
1920s German films
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