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Dishonored
Why this pick
Like Mata Hari, it turns a glamorous woman into a wartime intelligence figure, balancing seduction, surveillance, and fatalistic romantic tension in a sleek pre-Code style.
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MOVIE1931 1h 29m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1917, France is embroiled in World War I. Dubois, head of the French spy bureau, offers to spare the life of a captured agent (an uncredited Mischa Auer) if he will reveal who he is protecting. Dubois suspects it is Mata Hari, a celebrated exotic dancer, but the prisoner chooses execution by firing squad.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ramon Novarro
Lt. Alexis Rosanoff
Lionel Barrymore
General Serge Shubin
Greta Garbo
Mata Hari
Karen Morley
Carlotta