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Lederstrumpf
Also known as Lederstrumpfs Abenteuer, 1. Teil: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook, 2. Teil: Der letzte Mohikaner in Germany : [The Deerslayer and Chingachgook], [The Last of the Mohicans]
(1920) German
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Arthur Wellin

Cast: Emil Mamelok [Lederstrumpf], Bela Lugosi [Chingachgook], Herta Héden [Judith Hutter], Gottfried Krause [Tom Hutter], Eduard Eysenck [Worley], Margot Sokolowska [Wah-ta-Wah], Kurt Rottenburg [Magua], Erna Rehberger [Judith Hutter], Willy Schröder [Hartherz], Egon Söhnlein [Colonel Munro], Heddy Sven [Cora Munro], Wenkhaus [Alice Munro]

Luna-Film GmbH production. / Scenario by Robert Heymann. Assistant director, Kurt Rottenburg. Set design by Erhard Brauchbar, Kurt Rottenburg and Richard Skowronnek Jr. Cinematography by Ernst Plhak. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released in Germany in two parts. The film was released in the USA by Selznick in 1923.

Drama: Historical.

Survival Status: Prints exist in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Authors: James Fenimore Cooper - Native Americans: Mohican tribe - USA

Listing updated: 27 April 2009.

References: Everson-Western p. ?; Limbacher-Feature p. 59 : Website-Filmportal.

Home video: DVD.