Mata Hari
Men worshipped her like a goddess, only to be betrayed by a kiss!
A pre-code melodrama of seduction and betrayal centered on a woman whose beauty and sexuality become both her power and her downfall in the shadows of wartime espionage.
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Essence
Ensemble
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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