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| Sylvia Kristel | ... | Mata Hari | |
| Christopher Cazenove | ... | Karl | |
| Oliver Tobias | ... | Ladoux | |
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Gaye Brown | ... | Fraulein Doktor |
| Gottfried John | ... | Wolff | |
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William Fox | ... | Maitre Clunet |
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Michael Anthony | ... | Duke of Montmorency |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Prosecutor | |
| Anthony Newlands | ... | Baron Joubert | |
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Brian Badcoe | ... | General Messigny |
| Tutte Lemkow | ... | Ybarra | |
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Taylor Ryan | ... | Contessa |
| Toby Rolt | ... | Jean Prevost (as Tobias Rolt) | |
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Victor Langley | ... | Colonel Michaud |
| Nicholas Selby | ... | Von Jagow | |
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Mata Hari is a beautiful Dutch-born dancer, working in Paris. It is August 1914 and war between France and Germany seems imminent. However, she accepts an invitation to travel to Berlin as part of a show. On the train she meets a young German army officer but any thoughts of romance are cut short when a French agent is murdered on the train, while in her company. She is arrested in Germany but freed when the German officer intervenes. While in Germany war breaks out and she is recruited by German Intelligence to spy on France. Written by grantss
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September 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The genealogy of the Mata Hari character was half-Dutch and half-Javanese. Actress Sylvia Kristel playing her was actually in real-life of Dutch lineage herself having come from Holland. Kristel was born in Utrecht in the Netherlands whereas the real-life Mata Hari was born in Leeuwarden, Holland. See more »Alternate Versions
US DVD version is heavily cut. In the original international versions love scenes are much longer and much more graphic. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Oh my God! This movie is soooooo good! Let me tell ya'.....
Syl Kristel (that's Sylvia Kristel -- I call 'Syl' because she's a friend of mine) plays the infamous femme fatale spy with an acting effort which is probably the finest female performance ever recorded on film. Oh my God! You have got to see this! Don't believe the naysayers. They are just jealous because actresses like Syl and myself are so beautiful, and they're not. Hateful fools! You must see this version of 'Mata Hari'. Syl makes Greta Garbo in the original movie look like a bag of wet potato chips.
By all means, rent it, or buy it, or steal it from a friend. But not from me because I'm not your friend. If I lent you a pair of my shoes, you probably wouldn't return them. You thieves. Now go watch this movie or I'll never talk to you again.