Mata Hari (1931 film)

Mata Hari
Directed byGeorge Fitzmaurice
Written byBenjamin Glazer
Leo Birinsky
Doris Anderson
Gilbert Emery
Produced byGeorge Fitzmaurice
Irving Thalberg
StarringGreta Garbo
Ramon Novarro
Lewis Stone
Lionel Barrymore
CinematographyWilliam Daniels
Edited byFrank Sullivan
Music byWilliam Axt (uncredited)
Production
company
Release date
  • December 26, 1931 (1931-12-26)
Running time
89 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$558,000[1]
Box office$2,227,000 (worldwide rental)[1]
Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro

Mata Hari is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice loosely based on the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and courtesan executed for espionage during World War I. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film stars Greta Garbo in the title role. It was Garbo's most commercially successful vehicle. Only a censored version of the film is currently available.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.