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Mata Hari: The Beautiful Spy

Original title: Mata Hari - Exotik und Erotik
  • TV Movie
  • 2017
  • 52m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Mata Hari: The Beautiful Spy (2017)
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The name of the famous exotic dancer and courtesan Mata Hari stands for beauty and seduction. She gave herself to the most influential men of her time. In the middle of the First World War, ... Read allThe name of the famous exotic dancer and courtesan Mata Hari stands for beauty and seduction. She gave herself to the most influential men of her time. In the middle of the First World War, she was executed as a spy for Germany. But one question has not been resolved for a hundre... Read allThe name of the famous exotic dancer and courtesan Mata Hari stands for beauty and seduction. She gave herself to the most influential men of her time. In the middle of the First World War, she was executed as a spy for Germany. But one question has not been resolved for a hundred years: was she guilty? The unusual woman remains in people's fantasies to this day.

  • Directors
    • Kristina Forbat
    • Jobst Knigge
  • Writers
    • Jobst Knigge
    • Andrea Hauer
    • Peter Allenbacher
  • Stars
    • Philippe Collas
    • Hanneke Boonstra
    • Julie Wheelwright
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    6.9/10
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    • Directors
      • Kristina Forbat
      • Jobst Knigge
    • Writers
      • Jobst Knigge
      • Andrea Hauer
      • Peter Allenbacher
    • Stars
      • Philippe Collas
      • Hanneke Boonstra
      • Julie Wheelwright
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    Philippe Collas
    • Self - Author of 'Mata-Hari sa vraie histoire'
    Hanneke Boonstra
    • Self - Mata Hari blogger
    Julie Wheelwright
    • Self -Author of 'The Fatal Lover: Mata Hari and the Myth of Women in Espionage'
    Yves Rocourt
    • Self - Curator of Fries Museum
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    Mata Hari
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    • (archive footage)
    Jean Pierre Turbergue
    • Self - Author of 'Mata-Hari. Le dossier secret du conseil de guerre'
    Constantin von Westphalen
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    • Directors
      • Kristina Forbat
      • Jobst Knigge
    • Writers
      • Jobst Knigge
      • Andrea Hauer
      • Peter Allenbacher
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    • Trivia
      Born on August 7, 1876, as Margaretha Geertruida Zelle in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Mata Hari was a professional exotic dancer and mistress who accepted an assignment to spy for France in 1916. Hired by army captain Georges Ladoux, agreeing to pass military information gleaned from her conquests to the French government. Not long after, however, Mata Hari was accused of being a German spy. She was executed by firing squad on October 15, 1917, after French authorities learned of her alleged double agency.
    • Connections
      Version of Mata Hari (1982)

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    • Release date
      • October 8, 2017 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Docstation (Germany)
      • ZDF History (Germany)
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Mata Hari, a Bela Espia
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Doc.station Medienproduktion
      • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
      • ARTE
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      52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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