Mata Hari
Mata Hari is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice loosely based on the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and courtesan executed for espionage during World War I. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film stars Greta Garbo in the title role. It was Garbo's most commercially successful vehicle. Only a censored version of the film is currently available.
Plot
In 1917, France is embroiled in World War I. Dubois, head of the French spy bureau, offers to spare the life of a captured agent (an uncredited Mischa Auer) if he will reveal who he is protecting. Dubois suspects it is Mata Hari, a celebrated exotic dancer, but the prisoner chooses execution by firing squad.
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| author | Benjamin Glazer Gilbert Emery Leo Birinski |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | George Fitzmaurice |
| editor | Frank Sullivan |
| events | Mata Hari |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | air force arrest capture enemy territory expect firing squad french spy hide imperial russia imperial russian air force imperial russian air service injured learn morning sanatorium spymaster wait world war i |
| musicBy | William Axt |
| producer | Irving Thalberg |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | spy |