Mata Hari (1927 film)
Mata Hari: The Red Dancer (German: Mata Hari, die rote Tänzerin), often shortened on release to Mata Hari, is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Wolfgang Zilzer and Fritz Kortner. It depicts the life and death of the German World War I spy Mata Hari. It was the first feature-length portrayal of Hari.
| Mata Hari | |
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| Directed by | Friedrich Feher |
| Written by | Leo Birinsky |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| Cinematography | Leopold Kutzleb |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | National Film |
Release date | 2 May 1927 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
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It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin with sets designed by Alfred Junge.
Cast
- Magda Sonja as Mata Hari
- Wolfgang Zilzer as Erzherzog Oskar
- Fritz Kortner as Graf Bobrykin
- Mathias Wieman as Grigori
- Emil Lind as Defense lawyer
- Eduard Rothauser as Military Auditor
- Max Maximilian as Kosaken Unteroffizier
- Leo Connard as Polizeihofrat
- Elisabeth Bach as Mata Hari's Indische Dienerin
- Dorothea Albu as Dancer
- Alexander Murski
- Hermann Wlach
- Lewis Brody
- Eberhard Leithoff
- Georg Paeschke
- Zlatan Kasherov
- Carl Zickner
- Nico Turoff
- Georg Gartz
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See also
- Mata Hari (1931)
- Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964)
- Mata Hari (1985)
Bibliography
- Kelly, Andrew. Cinema and the Great War. Routledge, 1997.
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