Mata Hari

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6.5/10

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Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro in Mata Hari (1931)

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A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.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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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

4.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins total

Sister Angelica
(as Blanche Frederici)

Edmund Breese

Warden

Helen Jerome Eddy

Sister Genevieve

Frank Reicher

The Cook-Spy

Mischa Auer

Firing Squad Victim #3
(uncredited)

William Bailey

Dubois' Aide
(uncredited)

Roy Barcroft

Extra
(uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Prosecutor
(uncredited)

Frederick Burton

Major at Executions
(uncredited)

Harry Cording

Ivan
(uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham

Gambler Selling Ring
(uncredited)

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Trivia
This was the third most popular movie at the U.S. box office for 1931.

Goofs
Towards the climax of the film, when Mata Hari confronts General Shubin, she is wearing a ring on her left ring finger. She hurries out of the room, and moments later she encounters Rosanoff. He takes her by the hand, and the ring is no longer there.

Quotes
Andriani: The only way to resign from our profession is to die.

Connections
Alternate-language version of La Danseuse Hindoue (1927)

Soundtracks
Oriental Shadows
(uncredited)
Music by Montague Ewing

User reviews61

Featured review

7/10

Enjoyable Melodramatic Love Story

In 1917, in Paris, the famous dancer Mata Hari (Greta Garbo) has a double life as a German spy, obtaining secrets from French and Russian officers in bed. The chief of the French Secret Service Dubois (C. Henry Gordon) is unsuccessfully in her tail trying to find proofs to incriminate Mata Hari. The Russian general Serge Shubin (Lionel Barrymore) has a crush on Mata Hari, but when she meets the young Russian pilot lieutenant Alexis Rosanoff (Ramon Novarro), she sleeps with him to photograph secret documents in his possession. But they fall in love for each other, and the jealousy of her lover Shubin provides the evidences to Dubois to arrest her.

This fictional and naive romance based on the life and death "Mata Hari" is an enjoyable melodramatic love story. Of course it is not a historic event, but this pleasant romantic fantasy is supported by an extremely beautiful Great Garbo performing a charismatic role in a great production. In spite of not being a masterpiece, I totally disagree with the unfair reviews in IMDb. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Mata Hari"