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.[1]
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| German | Mata Hari, die rote Tänzerin |
| Directed by | Friedrich Feher |
| Written by | Leo Birinsky |
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| Cinematography | Leopold Kutzleb |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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| Distributed by | National Film |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin with sets designed by Alfred Junge.
Cast
- Magda Sonja as Mata Hari
- Wolfgang Zilzer as Archduke Oskar
- Fritz Kortner as Count Bobrykin
- Mathias Wieman as Grigori
- Emil Lind as defense lawyer
- Eduard Rothauser as military auditor
- Max Maximilian as Cossacks Sergeant
- Leo Connard as Polizeihofrat
- Elisabeth Bach as Mata Hari's Indian servant
- Dorothea Albu as dancer
- Alexander Murski
- Hermann Wlach
- Lewis Brody
- Eberhard Leithoff
- Georg Paeschke
- Zlatan Kasherov
- Carl Zickner
- Nico Turoff
- Georg Gartz
See also
- Mata Hari (1931)
- Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964)
- Mata Hari (1985)
References
- Kelly, Andrew. Cinema and the Great War. Routledge, 1997. ISBN 0415514827.
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