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German | Der letzte Mohikaner |
Directed by | Harald Reinl |
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Based on | The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper |
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Cinematography | Ernst W. Kalinke Giuseppe la Torre |
Edited by | Hermann Haller |
Music by | Peter Thomas |
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Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
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Language | German |
The Last Tomahawk or The Last of the Mohicans (German: Der letzte Mohikaner) is a 1965 Western adventure film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor and Marie France.[1] It was a co-production between France, Spain and West Germany. It is loosely based on James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans, with the setting moved forward more than a century to the American West of the post-Civil War-era. Another version Fall of the Mohicans was made the same year.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Andalucia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jürgen Kiebach.
Cast
- Joachim Fuchsberger as Captain Bill Hayward
- Karin Dor as Cora Munroe
- Marie France as Alice Munroe
- Carl Lange as Colonel Munroe
- Ricardo Rodríguez as Magua
- Kurt Großkurth as Koch
- Daniel Martín as Unkas
- Anthony Steffen as Falkenauge
- Mariano Alcón as Tamenund
- Frank Braña as Corporal
- Mike Brendel as Chingachgook
- Stelio Candelli as Roger
- Carlos Deschamps as Jackson
- Rafael Hernández as Roger's Henchman
- Jean-Claude Mathieu as Matt
- Ángel Ter as Jeff
References
- ^ Simmon, Scott (2003). The Invention of the Western Film: A Cultural History of the Genre's First Half Century. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. p. 365. ISBN 0521555817. OCLC 1035759871.