Lederstrumpf: Leatherstocking (Luna Film, 1920)

Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking)

Bela Lugosi plays Chingachgook, son of the chief of the Delaware Indian tribe and faithful friend of Hawkeye the Deerslayer (Emil Mamelok), who was raised by his tribe after being orphaned. The film was originally released in two parts – Der Letzte der Mohikaner (The Last of the Mohicans) and Wildtöter und Chingachgook (The Deerslayer and Chingachgook). For its 1923 American release, the film was edited down from twelve reels to five and retitled The Deerslayer.

Production company: Luna Film

Producer/Director: Arthur Wellin

Assistant Director: Kurt Rottenburg

Cinimatographer: Ernest Plhak

Production Designer: Erhard Brauchbar

Ethnographical Consultant: Carl Henkel

Screen play: Robert Heymann. Based on Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper

Cast:

Emil Mamelok: Lederstrumpf (Hawkeye the Deerslayer)

Béla Lugosi: Chingachgook

Herta Héden: Judith Hutter

Gottfried Krause: Tom Hutter