---
title: 'Hiawatha (1913)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edgar Lewis'
released: '1913-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hiawatha-1913'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002954/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hiawatha (1913)

1913 · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Hiawatha is a 1913 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and based upon Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855). The film stars Jesse Cornplanter of the Seneca people and Soon-goot, a 17-year-old unknown actress. The movie is the first feature film to use a cast of Native Americans.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edgar Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-lewis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John J. Braham](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-j-braham)
- **Director of Photography:** [Victor Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-milner)

## Cast

- [Jesse Cornplanter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-cornplanter)

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