Lederstrumpf

Summary

In the dim glow of 1740’s frontier, a white infant is claimed by a Delaware band, christened Deerslayer, and raised amid the rhythmic cadence of drums and the whisper of pine‑scented wind. The silent tableau follows his rites of passage: the first hunt where a trembling bow becomes an extension of his soul, the tender exchange of oral myths that stitch his identity to the river’s pulse, and the inevitable collision with encroaching colonial forces that threaten to unravel the fragile tapestry of his adopted world. As Deerslayer navigates love’s elusive glimmer, betrayal’s sharp edge, and the inexorable tide of civilization, the film unfurls a meditation on belonging, the mutability of culture, and the haunting echo of a life lived between two worlds. Edward Eyseneck’s stoic visage, framed by the stark chiaroscuro of early cinema, conveys a profound inner turmoil without a single spoken word, rendering the narrative an elegiac ode to a vanished epoch.

Synopsis

This silent film tells the story of Deerslayer who, adopted and raised by a tribe of Delaware Indians in 1740, encounters life and all its mysteries.