Die Lederstrumpferzählungen

Die Lederstrumpferzählungen (West Germany / France / Romania / Austria, 1969 / Directors: Jean Dréville, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Sergiu Nicolaescu)

This is a Eurowestern

Runtime: 4 episodes (4 x 85 min.)
Release Date: 1969

Also known as

The Leatherstocking Tales (English unofficial title), Viimeiset mohikaanit (Finland), Bas de cuir (France), La légende de Bas de cuir (France), Unkas, ostatni Mohikanin (Poland), Aventuri in Ontario (Romania, third part title), Romania, Ultimul Mohican (Romania, second part title), Vînatorul de cerbi (Romania, first part title), Кожаный Чулок (Soviet Union), Приключения на берегах Онтарио (Soviet Union, Russian, alternative title), The Deerslayer (USA, first part title), The Last of the Mohicans (USA, second part title), The Leatherstocking Tales (USA), Die Lederstrumpf Erzählungen (West Germany).

Episodes

Ep1: Der Wildtöter
Ep2: Der Letzte Mohikaner
Ep3: Das Fort am Biberfluß
Ep4: Die Prärie

Trivia

In France the mini series was released as 13 episodes of 26 minutes, while in (West) Germany each of the four episodes had a running time of approx 85 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Cast: Hellmut Lange (Leather Stocking), Pierre Massimi (Chingachgook), Alexandru David (Bush Brother), Thekla Carola Wied (Hetty Hutter), Helmuth Schneider (Miles Forman), Juliette Villard (Mabel Dunham), Catherine Jourdan (Ellen Wade), Loumi Iacobesco (Cora Munro), Sophie Agacinski (Judith Hutter), Daniel Crohem (mayor Dunham), Patrick Peuvion (Harry March), Otto Ambros (colonel Munro), Robert Benoît (Paul Hover), Christian Duroc (Jasper), Gabriel Gascon (doctor Battius), Ali Rafie (Magua), Jackie Lombard (Wah-Ta-Wah), Gilbert Normand (captain Muir), Jacques Brunet (mayor Duncan Heyward), Szabolcs Cseh (Arrowhead), Charles Moulin (Tom Hutter), George Demetru (Ismael Bush), Colea Rautu (Forked Oak), Sybil Maas (Alice Munro), Victoria Medea (Esther Bush), Mircea Pascu (Abiram Bush), Roland Ganemet (David Gamut), J.P. Compain (Weucha), Marc Cottel (Tameund), Ion Dichiseanu (Mathoree), G. Florin (Kawano), Norbert Gastell [uncredited] (Chingachgook), Holger Hagen [uncredited] (the narrator), Maurice Bessy [uncredited] (the narrator), Gernot Duda [uncredited] (the old Indian), Manfred Seipold [uncredited] (Arrowhead), Thomas Piper [uncredited] (Magua), Christian Wolff [uncredited] (mayor Duncan Heyward), Wolfgang Lukschy [uncredited] (Ismael Bush), Kathrin Ackermann [uncredited] (Judith Hutter), Eckart Dux [uncredited] (lieutenant Jasper), Hans Korte [uncredited] (mayor Dunham), Elmar Wepper [uncredited] (Paul Hover), Ernst Fritz Fürbringer [uncredited] (colonel Munro), Karin Kernke [uncredited] (Amarana), Werner Abrolat [uncredited] (Abiram Bush), Thomas Braut [uncredited] (Weucha), Erik Jelde [uncredited] (Tom Hutter), Heidi Treutler [uncredited] (Alice Munro), Klaus Kindler [uncredited] (Harry March), Paul Friedrichs [uncredited] (the officer), Wolf Rahtjen [uncredited] (doctor Battius), Nicolae Secareanu [uncredited] (Batrimul), Simona Bondoc [uncredited] (Margie), Adrian Mihai [uncredited].

Story: James Fenimore Cooper (the novels)
Adaptation: Walter Ulbrich, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Jacques Rémy
Screenplay: Walter Ulbrich, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Jacques Rémy, Paul Andréota, Moris Bessi
Cinematography: André Zarra
Music: Robert Mellin, George Grigoriu
Editor: Borys Lewin
Art decorators: Joseph Bogos, Aureliu Ionescu
Set decorators: Joseph Bogos, Aureliu Ionescu
Costume designer: Joseph Bogos
Make-up artists: Rosalia Bartha, Nicole Félix
Sound: Heiner Harss, Conrad von Molo
Producers: Walter Ulbrich, Henry Deutschmeister, Stefan Barcava