Overview
Mata Hari, die rote Tänzerin (English: Mata Hari: The Red Dancer), 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.
Director and cast
- Magda Sonja as Mata Hari
- Wolfgang Zilzer as Erzherzog Oskar
- Fritz Kortner as Graf Bobrykin
- Mathias Wieman as Grigori
- Alexander Murski as Großfürst Boris
- Georg Paeschke as General
- Emil Lind as Verteidiger
- Hermann Wlach as Wassjko
- Eduard Rothauser as Militär Auditor
- Max Maximilian as Kosaken Unteroffizier
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