Mata Hari (1927 film)

Mata Hari
American release poster
Directed by	Friedrich Feher
Written by	Leo Birinsky
Starring	Magda Sonja Wolfgang Zilzer Fritz Kortner.
Cinematography	Leopold Kutzleb
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	National Film
Distributed by	National Film
Release date	2 May 1927
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

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.

It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin with sets designed by Alfred Junge.

Cast

• Magda Sonja - Mata Hari
• Wolfgang Zilzer - Erzherzog Oskar
• Fritz Kortner - Graf Bobrykin
• Mathias Wieman - Grigori
• Emil Lind - Verteidiger
• Alexander Murski
• Hermann Wlach
• Lewis Brody
• Eduard Rothauser - Militär Auditor
• Max Maximilian - Kosaken Unteroffizier
• Leo Connard - Poliziehofrat
• Elisabeth Bach - Indische Dienerin Mata Haris
• Eberhard Leithoff
• Georg Paeschke
• Zlatan Kasherov
• Carl Zickner
• Nico Turoff
• Dorothea Albu - Dancer
• Georg Gartz

See also

• Mata Hari (1931)
• Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964)
• Mata Hari (1985)

Bibliography

• Kelly, Andrew. Cinema and the Great War. Routledge, 1997.

External links

• Mata Hari at IMDb