Mata Hari is a 1985 biographical film directed by Curtis Harrington starring Sylvia Kristel as the titular Mata Hari.
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- Double Agent: Mata Hari is encouraged by Fräulein Doktor to work as a spy under her command. She returns to Paris and has an affair with Frenchman Georges Ladoux, who convinces her to inform on the German services.
- Femme Fatale Spy: Under the orders of Fräulein Doktor Mata Hari agrees to be courted by Baron Joubert, with whom she joins at an orgy inside the luxurious villa of a Spanish marquise.
- Honey Trap: What Mata Hari's superiors wanted her to be.
- Hotter and Sexier: This movie is described in Wikipedia as "an erotic biographical film". That already tells you what aspects of Mata Hari's story will be played up.
