
Mata Hari: the Red Dancer
1927-05-02 · 80 min · ★ 10.0
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.
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- Friedrich Fehér
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- National-Film
- Countries
- Germany
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- Released
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Magda SonjaMata Hari
Wolfgang ZilzerErzherzog Oskar
Fritz KortnerGraf Bobrykin
Mathias WiemanGrigori
Alexander MurskiGroßfürst Boris
Eberhard LeithoffBeisitzer des Militärgerichts
Nico Turoff
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