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1920 Feature
The Deerslayer
Directed by Arthur Wellin → • Production: Luna-Film
Eleven years before his immortal performance as Count Dracula (1931), a 37-year-old Bela Lugosi stars as the noble Mohican warrior Chingachgook alongside Emil Mamelok as frontier scout Natty Bumppo (Deerslayer). Originally produced in Weimar Germany by Luna-Film and directed by Arthur Wellin as the two-part epic Lederstrumpf—Part 1: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook (Sept 1920) and Part 2: Der Letzte der Mohikaner (Nov 1920)—both parts were condensed and released in the United States in 1923–1924 under the title The Deerslayer, spanning both the 1740 Glimmerglass Lake floating-ark siege and General Montcalm's 1757 siege of Fort William Henry.
Runtime
43 minutes
Aspect Ratio
4:3 Academy (Pillarbox)
Archival Copies
1 Vault Holding(s)
Classification
Pre-1929 Statutory
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⚖️ Statutory Public Domain Clearance Provenance
First published in 1920 (prior to January 1, 1929). Under United States copyright statute (17 U.S.C. § 304(b)), copyright protection has conclusively expired by operation of law. This motion picture has permanently entered the US Public Domain and is free from copyright restriction.