Mata Hari Films
Mata Hari (1931)
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Screenwriter: Benjamin Glazer, Leo Birinsky
Composer: Franz Schubert
Cinematographer: William H. Daniels
Synopsis/Plot: 1917. Mata Hari is a German spy, working in Paris. She has already seduced the Russian general Shubin, and has now set her eyes on lieutenant Rosanov, a a young up-and-coming officer. In order to get her hand on secret documents in his possession, she spends a night with her. But the secret police is on to her, only waiting to get enough evidence to arrest her.
Genre: Drama
Mata Hari Agent H-21 (1964)
Director: Jean Louis Richard
Screenwriter: Jean-Louis Richard, François Truffaut
Composer: Georges Delerue
Cinematographer: Michel Kelber
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean Louis Trintignant, Claude Rich, Franck Villard, Albert Remy, Georges Riquier, Henri Garcin, Hella Petri, Marie Dubois, Nicole Desailly
Synopsis/Plot: This French version of the notorious spy’s life centers less on her romantic escapades, and more on those that reveal the person she actually was during WW I when her German superiors ordered her to seduce the French captain Trintignant so she can steal classified papers from him.
Genre: Drama
Operacion Mata Hari (1968)
Director: Mariano Ozores
Screenwriter: Mariano Ozores
Composer: José Torregrosa
Cinematographer: Vicente Minaya
Cast: Gracita Morales, Jose Luis lopez Vazquez, Antonio Ozores, Pilar Velazquez, Margot Cottens, Jose Luis Coll, Carmen de Lirio
Genre: Comedy
Mata Hari (1985)
Director: Curtis Harrington
Screenwriter: Joel Ziskin
Composer: Wilfred Josephs
Cinematographer: David Gurfinkel
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Chistopher Cazenove, Oliver Tobias, Gaye Brown, Gottfried John, William Fox, Michael Anthony, Vernon Dobtcheff
Synopsis/Plot: Based loosely on the real-life story of the World War I spy. The exotic dancer uses her contacts in European high society, along with her seductive charm, to collect military secrets during the war. She successfully plays both sides against each other until at last her deceptions catch up with her.
Genre: Drama
