The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
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German title | The last of the Mohicans |
Original title | The Last of the Mohicans |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1920 |
length | 73 minutes |
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Director |
Maurice Tourneur Clarence Brown |
script | Robert A. Dillon |
camera | Charles Van Enger |
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The Last of the Mohicans from 1920 is one of the first adaptations of the novel The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper . The silent film was mostly made under the direction of the actual assistant director Clarence Brown .
action
During the so-called French and Indian War between the French and British and the Indian tribes allied with them, there were disputes over the British Fort William Henry. While the Hurons under Mangua are allied with the French, the Mohicans Chingachcook and Uncas are on the side of the British. When the fort is captured by the French, there is a massacre. Cora Munro, daughter of the British commandant of Fort Henry, threatens to throw herself off a rock before falling into the hands of Mangua. Uncas, who is in love with Cora, is late to save her.
Remarks
Tourneur fell ill shortly after filming began; therefore his assistant Clarence Brown took over the direction. Although Tourneurs stake in directing was very small, he was contractually entitled to be named solely as a director. However, Tourneur made sure that Clarence Brown was also mentioned.
The climax of the film is the conquest of Fort Henry, with extremely gruesome scenes, including the murder of babies by bayonets.
Boris Karloff had one of his first appearances in a film here, if only in an extra role as a young, nameless Indian.
Awards
- 1994 National Film Registry Award from the Library of Congress
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)