Mata Hari
Men worshipped her like a goddess, only to be betrayed by a kiss!
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12/26/1931Runtime
89 minsOverview
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$558,000Revenue
$2,227,000Homepage
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A pre-code melodrama that luxuriates in glamour and seduction while circling darker questions about a woman's agency and the cost of desire in wartime. The film moves between exotic theatricality and courtroom reckoning, building toward a fate that feels both inevitable and cruel.
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Greta Garbo
Mata Hari
Ramon Novarro
Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
Lionel Barrymore
General Serge Shubin
Lewis Stone
Andriani
C. Henry Gordon
Dubois
Karen Morley
Carlotta
Alec B. Francis
Major Caron
Blanche Friderici
Sister Angelica
Edmund Breese
Warden
Helen Jerome Eddy
Sister Genevieve
Frank Reicher
The Cook - Spy
Mischa Auer
Firing Squad Victim (uncredited)
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