Mata Hari

original title:
Mata Hari
country / year of production:
USA / 1931
original length:
94 min. , black/white
premiere:
26 December 1931
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Thomas Coulson. Mata Hari. Courtesan and Spy. New York/ LondonHarper & Brothers, 1930.
director:
George Fitzmaurice
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cast (role):
Greta Garbo , Lionel Barrymore
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plot synopsis:
This film takes place during World War I in Paris and deals with the popular night club dancer and spy Mata Hari. Hunted by Inspektor Dubois she lives her life between being a spy and being a loving woman. In 1917 she is shot in Paris.
keywords:
espionage , women during wartime , single fighter , friends on opposite sides , collaboration , high treason
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
Russell Warren Howe. Mata Hari, the True Story. First edition. New York: Dodd/ Mead, 1986.

Julia Keay. Mata Hari. Tänzerin, Femme fatale, Spionin. München: Heyne, 1992.
remarks:
Was filmed in California.
availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD