---
title: 'Mata Hari (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Fitzmaurice'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mata-hari-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023196/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mata Hari (1931)

1931 · 90 min · Drama, History, Romance, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Fitzmaurice](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-fitzmaurice)
- **Producer:** [George Fitzmaurice](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-fitzmaurice), [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Leo Birinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-birinski), [Benjamin Glazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-glazer), [Gilbert Emery](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-emery)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Director of Photography:** [William H. Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-daniels)
- **Editor:** [Frank Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sullivan)

## Cast

- [Mischa Auer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mischa-auer)
- [Michael Visaroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-visaroff)
- [Edmund Breese](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-breese)
- [Maude Turner Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/maude-turner-gordon)
- [Frank Reicher](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-reicher)
- [Karen Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-morley)
- [C. Henry Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-henry-gordon)
- [Cecil Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-cunningham)
- [Alec B. Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-b-francis)
- [Greta Garbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/greta-garbo) as Mata Hari
- [Lionel Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-barrymore)
- [Lewis Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-stone)
- [Ramón Novarro](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramon-novarro)
- [Sarah Padden](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-padden)
- [Helen Jerome Eddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-jerome-eddy)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mata-hari-1931
Film facts: Wikidata (Q666084); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.