The last of the Mohicans

Movie
German title	The last of the Mohicans
Original title	The Last of the Mohicans
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1936
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	George B. Seitz
script	Philip Dunne John L. Balderston Paul Perez Daniel Moore
production	Edward Small Harry M. Goetz
music	Nathaniel Shilkret
camera	Robert H. Planck
cut	Jack Dennis Harry marker
occupation
Randolph Scott : Hawk Eye Binnie Barnes : Alice Munro Henry Wilcoxon : Maj. Duncan Hayword Bruce Cabot : Magua Heather Angel : Cora Munro Phillip Reed : Uncas Robert Barrat : Chingachgook Hugh Buckler : Colonel Munro Willard Robertson : Captain Winthrop William Stack : General Montcalm Lumsden Hare : General Abercrombie Frank McGlynn Sr .: Gamut Will Stanton : Jenkins

The Last of the Mohicans (Original title: The Last of the Mohicans ) is a black and white film from 1936, which was directed by George B. Seitz . After the productions made in 1920 and 1932 , this was the third film adaptation of the novel The Last of the Mohicans from James Fenimore Cooper's leather stocking series . The film was shown in German cinemas for the first time on December 18, 1951.

action

In the French and Indian War , Major Heyward and Colonel Munro's daughters, Alice and Cora, became prisoners of the Hurons . The trapper Hawkeye manages to save the prisoners with the last two Mohicans , Chingachgook and Uncas. In Fort William Henry , where they are fleeing, the trapped English find themselves exposed to the threat of oncoming French and Indians. Hawkeye is arrested as a traitor when Hawkeye helps the colonists who were conscripted at the fort to flee to help their families. Alice works with her father for her savior. Eventually the fort is released to the attackers, but before the French arrive, the Hurons overrun the fort and Alice and Cora are captured again. Uncas manages to free Cora, but the two die on the run. Hawkeye faces the Hurons in exchange for Alice. A command of the colonists frees Hawkeye, who is threatened with death. The trapper is acquitted of treason and becomes a boy scout in the army. Alice explains that she will wait for him.

Reviews

Joe Hembus notes that the young Randolph Scott looks "so chic in a long-flowing scalp that he should not explore the path through the vast forests, but through the salons of the New English society". The Indians look like they are "on their way to a costume party". On the other hand, the battle scenes are very bloody.

Phil Hardy notes that Scott is "lovable as always," the story is very centered on the sisters' love for Hawkeye and Uncas.

Awards

In 1937, Clem Beauchamp received an Oscar nomination in the now defunct category of Best Assistant Director .

literature

• James Fenimore Cooper : The Last of the Mohicans (OT: The Last of the Mohicans ). Complete edition (454 pages) in the processing of the translation by Carl Kolb u. a. by Rudolf Drescher. With illustrations by Felix Octavius ​​Carr Darley and a comment by Peter Härtling . Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-458-33473-4 .

Web links

• The Last of the Mohicans in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joe Hembus: Western Lexicon - 1272 films from 1894-1975. Carl Hanser Verlag Munich Vienna 2nd edition 1977. ISBN 3-446-12189-7 . P. 350.
2. ^ Phil Hardy: The Encyclopedia of Western Movies. Woodbury Press Minneapolis 1984. ISBN 0-8300-0405-X . P. 61.