Mata Hari

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Mata Hari

Theatrical Poster

Country	USA
Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Release Date	1931
Studio	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Mata Hari	Greta Garbo
Lt. Alexis Rosanoff	Ramon Novarro
General Shubin	Lionel Barrymore
Andriani	Lewis Stone
Dubois	C. Henry Gordon
Carlotta	Karen Morley

Mata Hari (1931) is a highly fictionalized account of the life of the famous Dutch dancer Margharete Zelle, better known as Mata Hari. The movie begins in 1917, as inspector Dubois (C. Henry Gordon) is trying to prove, that Mata Hari (Greta Garbo) is a spy working for the Germans. Mata is trying to seduce Lt. Alexis Rosanoff (Ramon Novarro), so that she can get an important document from him. However as it turns out, Mata really falls in love with Alexis.

The following weapons were used in the film Mata Hari:

Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector Third Model

Mata Hari shoots general Shubin (Lionel Barrymore) with a nickel plated Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector Third Model revolver, when he is about to confess to Dubois on the telephone. She then places the revolver in his hand, to make it look like a suicide.

S&W .32 Hand Ejector Third Model - .32 S&W Long

Mata Hari looks at Shubin's corpse.

Mata Hari places the revolver in Shubin's hand.

Star Model 1914

Andriani (Lewis Stone), the head of the German spy network in Paris, orders one of his subordinates (Frank Reicher) to commit suicide, and gives him a Star Model 1914 pistol to do it with.

Star Model 1914 - 7,65 Browning

Andriani hands the pistol to the agent.

A closeup of the pistol.

Berthier Model 1907-15

The French soldiers, who do the executions at the beginning of the movie, as well as those, who take Mata Hari to her (off-screen) execution all carry Berthier Model 1907-15 rifles.