Mata Hari | |
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Directed by | George Fitzmaurice |
Written by | Benjamin Glazer Leo Birinsky Doris Anderson Gilbert Emery |
Produced by | George Fitzmaurice Irving Thalberg |
Starring | Greta Garbo Ramon Novarro Lewis Stone Lionel Barrymore |
Cinematography | William Daniels |
Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
Music by | William Axt (uncredited) |
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Running time | 89 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $558,000[1] |
Box office | $2,227,000 (worldwide rental)[1] |
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.