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Michael Mann's epic film is set in America in 1757, where the French and the English are fighting for power, with the help of the Huron and Mohican Native Americans respectively. Centre stage in the film is Hawkeye, the orphan of murdered settlers, who was raised by Mohicans, is torn between two cultures, and falls for Cora Munro, the daughter of one of the British commanders.

Keywords:

Adventure, Romance, War, Western, Based-on-Novel, Based-on-Play, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1992) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Daniel Day-Lewis	.... Hawkeye
Madeleine Stowe	.... Cora Munro
Russell Means	.... Chingachgook
Eric Schweig	.... Uncas
Jodhi May	.... Alice Munro
Steven Waddington	.... Maj. Duncan Heyward

Supporting Cast:

Wes Studi	.... Magua
Maurice Roëves	.... Col. Edmund Munro
Patrice Chéreau	.... Gen Montcalm
Edward Blatchford	.... Jack Winthrop
Terry Kinney	.... John Cameron
Tracy Ellis	.... Alexandra Cameron
Justin M. Rice	.... James Cameron
Dennis Banks	.... Ongewasgone
Pete Postlethwaite	.... Capt. Beams

Directors:

Michael Mann

Writers:

James Fenimore Cooper
John L. Balderston

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