History · War · Drama
American
1992 · Directed by Michael Mann · 112 min
North America, 1757. Britain and France are fighting for control of the frontier, each drawing Native nations into the war. A frontiersman raised among the Mohicans crosses paths with two sisters, daughters of a British colonel, as the conflict spreads through the forest. Romance, siege and chase, told with a physical, immersive intensity.
Why it matters in cinema history
A landmark of early 1990s historical filmmaking, it merges the old Hollywood adventure romance with Mann's modern, immersive action style, and it is the best-known screen version of Cooper's story.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film about movement through landscape, where terrain, sound and gesture tell the story as much as dialogue.
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