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Mata Hari (1931) [VHS]
 
 

Mata Hari (1931) [VHS] (1931)

Starring: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro Director: George Fitzmaurice Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: VHS Tape
4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)


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She's a household name that conjures up international intrigue and wartime espionage, predatory sexuality and fatal passion. So how is it that none of the several movies titled Mata Hari is very satisfying? This Greta Garbo vehicle is much less interesting than the 1931 Sternberg-Dietrich film Dishonored (whose doomed spy lady went by the name X-27). The divine Swede plays the Javanese-Dutch exotic dancer who romances a Russian aviator in perfumed Paris on behalf of German intelligence. It's typical that the Balinese temple harness Garbo almost wears in the first nightclub number looks sexier in stills than it does in motion: Mata Hari is less a film than the idea for a film. George Fitzmaurice's direction is static, silent-era holdover Ramon Navarro makes a cookie-dough leading man, and the feisty Karen Morley (as Mata's secret-agent colleague) exits the picture much too soon. The gowns--and harness?--are by Adrian. --Richard T. Jameson

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars gorgeous Garbo!, March 20, 2002
By C. Tolley "Chris Tolley" (hampton, tn United States) - See all my reviews
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Actually, the only real reason I wanted to see this picture was the alluring Greta Garbo. The woman radiates mystery, which in today's cinema is all-to-rare. She is really the best thing about this film, which is kind of cheesy in everything else. The costumes are gorgeous, the sets are well-contrived, but it's the worn story and wooden acting all around Garbo that drag this film down.
This is a Hollywood rendering of a famous spy, Mata Hari, who, on being caught, is executed by firing squad in the end. There is no faulting Garbo's contribution, as she slithers from one scene to the next, fully convincing as the ill-fated, beautiful spy. I only the rest of the cast had put forth that much effort! Ah well.
Fans of Miss Garbo will, no doubt, fully enjoy this film, as Garbo is actually very moving in her scenes. Now don't get me wrong, I actually enjoyed this film, myself. I just wish more effort could have been put forth by just a few more of her colleagues.
I give this film four stars on the basis of Garbo's unique ability to light up the screen whenever she appears, and for the glorious costumes that populate her environment. Just sit back and enjoy the visual treat that was Greta Garbo.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly great MGM masterpiece, August 3, 1999
Excellent early 30's vechicle for Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro. Both stars have never been better in both looks and performances. Lighting of the film is a real highlight and it's performances like this that make you wonder why the great Ramon Novarro didn't stay one of the greatest heartthrobs of 30's romances, he is sensational. Garbo as always is exotic, mysterious and totally captivating. Any real lover of Hollywood's glamour era when stars were real stars should purchase this video.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars GARBO - THE ENIGMA, November 3, 2000
As MATA HARI, Garbo shows us hints of what was soon 2 come(Queen Christina, Camille) but in THIS film she is a sexy siren. No wonder 20s and early 30s people fell head over heals for her. All other "goddesses" are pale shadows. There was nothing as magical as Garbo. The script is corny at times, Lionel B. hams his part(see Mickey Rooney "do him" in BABES IN ARMS 1939) but the film has a magic air that is spellbounding... In no way a great thriller or a suspenser(laughable when it is attempting 2)but a great GARBO vehicle. Roman Novarro is OK but is ruined with some of the lines he has to say.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What ever you do, don't put out The Madonna's Holy light.
Loosely based on the real Mata Hari (WWI spy), this is a tail of a spy that may have got caught up in something greater than God and Country. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy Love Story
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3.0 out of 5 stars Typical Garbo elevating a mediocre film
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Published on June 29, 2007 by Douglas M

5.0 out of 5 stars simply a solemn interpretation
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Published on May 4, 2007 by Ramiro Aguilar Torres

4.0 out of 5 stars Not really great, but worth watching
This seems like one of those films that sounded better on paper than in the actual finished product. Read more
Published on February 14, 2007 by Anyechka

5.0 out of 5 stars When youth sings, old men stay home and pay the piper.

Garbo as the German spy in Paris in WW I. She is having an affair with a general (Lionel Barrymore) when she meets a young flyer (Ramon Novarro) and they fall in love... Read more
Published on January 22, 2006 by Bomojaz

2.0 out of 5 stars hmmm... fun, but don't take it as history
This movie is a bit new fantasy. They go waaayy beyond reinventing a story. Still... Garbo does a nice acting job. Read more
Published on December 7, 2005 by Ef Elzenaar

1.0 out of 5 stars TRULY THE WORST GARBO FILM EVER...
Pauvre Greta...

She is radiant in this disaster of a film; primarily because her love interest is Ramon Navarro - a gay Spanish actor, playing a straight Russian... Read more
Published on October 31, 2005 by J. MACKENZIE

5.0 out of 5 stars The Eye of Morning
Mata Hari arrived in Paris and soon began to spin a web of sorcery. Her naked body (that same body that was later to be riddled with bullets)her password to a greedy world of... Read more
Published on February 15, 2003 by A. Sebastian Catala

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This film I feel epitomises the true glamour of old Hollywwod , a quality sadly lacking in todays film making and stars. Read more
Published on March 11, 2002 by Simon Davis

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