Mata Hari: The Red Dancer (), often shortened on release to Mata Hari, is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Wolfgang Zilzer and Fritz Kortner. It depicts the life and death of the German World War I spy Mata Hari. It was the first feature-length portrayal of Hari. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin with sets designed by Alfred Junge. Cast Magda Sonja as Mata Hari Wolfgang Zilzer as Erzherzog Oskar Fritz Kortner as Graf Bobrykin Mathias Wieman as Grigori Emil Lind as Defense lawyer Eduard Rothauser as Military Auditor Max Maximilian as Kosaken Unteroffizier Leo Connard as Polizeihofrat Elisabeth Bach as Mata Hari's Indische Dienerin Dorothea Albu as Dancer Alexander Murski Hermann Wlach Lewis Brody Eberhard Leithoff Georg Paeschke Zlatan Kasherov Carl Zickner Nico Turoff Georg Gartz See also Mata Hari (1931) Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964) Mata Hari (1985) Bibliography Kelly, Andrew. Cinema and the Great War. Routledge, 1997. External links 1927 films 1920s spy drama films German silent feature films German spy drama films Films directed by Friedrich Feher Films set in Paris Films set in the 1910s Spy films based on actual events Films of the Weimar Republic World War I spy films Cultural depictions of Mata Hari Films shot at Staaken Studios National Film films German black-and-white films 1927 drama films Silent drama films Silent war films 1920s German films