| The Deerslayer and Chingachgook | |
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| Directed by | Arthur Wellin |
| Produced by | Arthur Wellin |
| Written by | James Fenimore Cooper (novel) Robert Heymann |
| Starring | Béla Lugosi |
| Cinematography | Ernest Plhak |
| Release date(s) | 14 September 1920 |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent |
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (German: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German adventure film Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Béla Lugosi. It is based on the novel The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper. The second part was The Last of the Mohicans (Der Letzte der Mohikaner).
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Believed to be lost film for many years, a print of Lederstrumpf, in its heavily edited U.S. release version titled The Deerslayer, was eventually discovered, and became available on DVD in the 1990s.