''The Deerslayer and Chingachgook'' (german: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 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, Germ ...
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 ...
.
It is based on the 1841 novel ''
The Deerslayer
''The Deerslayer, or The First War-Path'' (1841) was James Fenimore Cooper's last novel in his ''Leatherstocking Tales''. Its 1740–1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of the hero of the Leathers ...
'' by
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...
. The second part is called ''
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 Pathfinde ...
'' (''Der Letzte der Mohikaner'').
Cast
* Emil Mamelok as Deerslayer
* Herta Heden as Judith Hutter
*
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
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. ...
* Gottfried Kraus as Tom Hutter
* Edward Eyseneck as Worley
* Margot Sokolowska as Wah-ta-Wah
* Frau Rehberger as Judith Hutter
* Willy Schroeder as Hartherz
* Herr Söhnlein as Col. Munro
* Heddy Sven as Cora Munro
* Frau Wenkhaus as Alice Munro
See also
*
Bela Lugosi filmography
Bela Lugosi (1882–1956), best known for the original screen portrayal of Bram Stoker's 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 New York before ...
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List of rediscovered films
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1920 films
1920 Western (genre) films
1920s rediscovered films
Films based on American novels
Films based on works by James Fenimore Cooper
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films set in New York (state)
Films set in the 1740s
Films set in the Thirteen Colonies
German black-and-white films
Rediscovered German films
Silent German Western (genre) films
Films directed by Arthur Wellin
1920s German films
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