Mata Hari is a 1985 erotic biographical film directed by Curtis Harrington (which is the final film he directed before he died in May 2007), produced by Golan-Globus and featuring Sylvia Kristel in the title role of exotic dancer Mata Hari, executed for espionage during World War I. The film portrays Mata Hari as an innocent woman manipulated by the secret services of Germany and France into providing intelligence, at first unwittingly and unwillingly, and later driven by the nonpartisan desire to save lives. Eventually she is cynically sacrificed by the French who are aware of her innocence but believe her execution will boost morale. Synopsis The film's convoluted plot is anchored by a fictitious love triangle between Mata Hari and two officers, the French Georges Ladoux (Oliver Tobias) and the German Karl Von Bayerling (Christopher Cazenove). Ladoux and Bayerling are personal friends but end up on opposing sides of the war, providing ample opportunity to explore the dramatic tension between honor and personal loyalty on the one hand and patriotism and duty to one's country on the other. Their ethical dilemma is contrasted to the amoral scheming of the main villain, Dr. Elsbeth Schragmüller (invariably known as Fräulein Doktor), a doctor of psychology and leading operative of German intelligence. Mata Hari's efforts to thwart Fräulein Doktor's assassination plot using a concealed bomb are eventually successful but lead her to be captured in deeply compromising circumstances by Ladoux, precipitating her show trial and execution, which Ladoux fruitlessly tries to prevent. The film ends on a melancholy note with the reconciliation of Ladoux and Bayerling after the war. Cast Sylvia Kristel as Mata Hari Christopher Cazenove as Karl Von Bayerling Oliver Tobias as Captain Georges Ladoux Gaye Brown as Dr. Elsbeth Schragmuller / Fraulein Doktor Gottfried John as Wolff Michael Anthony as Duke of Montmorency Magda Darvas as Duchess of Montmorency Anthony Newlands as Baron Joubet Brian Badcoe as General Messigny Tutte Lemkow as Ybarra Taylor Ryan as Contessa Toby Rolt as Jean Prevost Victor Langley as Colonel Michaud Nicholas Selby as Von Jagow Malcolm Terris as Von Krohn Carlos Sutton as Captain Schlesser Odon Gyalog as General Carriere Csaba Jakab as Ortega Andras Marton as Noriega Gabor Nagy as Lieutenant Bouchette Ferenc Bencze as Colonel Heissig Laszlo Baranyi as Pozsonyi Lajos Mezey as Von Falkenberg Gabor Reviczky as Giessen Emese Balogh as Marquesa de la Cosa Funta Istvan Hunyadkurthy as