Mata Hari (1931 film)

Mata Hari
Mata Hari
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)
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	December 26, 1931;
Running time	89 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$558,000
Box office	$2,227,000 (worldwide rental)

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.

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