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The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (1920)

The Deerslayer and Chingachgook poster
Original title
Lederstrumpf
Directed by
Arthur Wellin
Genre
Western film, silent film, adventure film
Country
Germany
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent film follows a frontier scout and his Native American companion as they navigate conflicts in the wilderness. It is based on a classic novel about early American settlers and the clash of cultures.

adventurousold-fashionedslow-pacedheroicstatelyoutdoorsyearnest

What happens

The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (German: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German silent Western film Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Bela Lugosi. It is based on the 1841 novel The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper. The second part is called The Last of the Mohicans (Der Letzte der Mohikaner). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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