Mata Hari

Look. Is any woman worth that?

Surely you regret having betrayed your country.

You can still have a chance--

you're wasting time.

Come on, out with it.

Who is she?

What is her name?

Tell us, you fool!

Mata Hari.

That's her name, isn't it?

Let me alone.

Oh, shoot him.

She bewitches them.

Why not? She has bewitched all Paris.

And she's France's greatest enemy.

Oh, the woman has become a mania with you, Dubois.

After all, you're the only one in Paris

that believes she's a spy.

It's very dangerous to accuse a woman

who's so powerfully protected, without proof.

I'll get that proof.

And one cold morning

you'll see your fine Mata Hari

tied to one of those posts.

Dine with me tonight?

Thanks, no. Tonight I'm to see Mata Hari dance--

what?

A special soiree at Lemarchand's.

How dare you--

it's to be smart it's very private.

After all, there's a war going on.

Oh, well, some dance and some die.

And some will do both.

Is that it?

I think it is, general Shubin.

Surely. May I?

It is!

Amazing.

Something of an event to see a ship arrive from Russia.

Event? Why, it's the first time in history!

A flight over the German lines?

Congratulations!

A great achievement!

Thank you, sir, but it's just sheer luck

and a good engine.

The dispatches?

Quite safe, sir.

I'm to deliver them to the ambassador personally.

Yes, yes, of course, of course. Major,

may I present lieutenant Alexis Rosanoff

of the Russian imperial air force.

Proud to meet such a brave young man, lieutenant.

Thank you, sir,

but I was frightened to death all the way.

You'll hold yourself in readiness

for a return flight to Russia

as soon as our reply to this message is ready.

Yes, your excellency.

How long will it take to decode this?

From 1o to 12 hours, your excellency.

Rush it, please. General Shubin,

please report back here tonight at 11:3o.

This will call for immediate counsel.

Congratulations, lieutenant.

We shan't forget.

General Shubin

will give you your instructions.

Thank you. Sit down.

Well, you feel like celebrating?

Sleep is the only thing I'm interested in.

Well, can I put you up for the night?

No, thank you,

still have my little place at Passy,

that is, if I can stay awake long enough to get there.

I'd ask you to dine with me,

but I have to go to a reception right afterwards.

Mata Hari's dancing.

Mm. Mata Hari?

I'll be delighted to have dinner with you, sir.

I'm not as tired as I was.

No?

The prospect of a good dinner, perhaps.

Yes, yes. I suppose that's it.

And after all, it's rather absurd to go straight to bed

your first night back in Paris.

I think I do feel rather like celebrating.

If you can stay awake.

Funny, I'm not even sleepy anymore.

No? That's all right, Rosanoff.

There'll be such a crowd there, one more won't matter.

What do you mean?

Why, didn't you say

that you wanted to see Mata Hari dance?

Shiva, I dance for you tonight

as the bayaderes dance in the sacred temples of java.

Bravo!

Bravo!

My dear, they say her mother was a sacred dancer,

her father, a temple priest.

You know, she married a Dutchman.

My dear, he used to beat her.

I just can't believe it.

She makes matrimony seem so dull.

I'd like to know her.

I feel that I do know her.

Madame Mata Hari,

may a perfect stranger offer her appreciation?

Thank you.

Your costume was exquisite,

and those earrings, are they Javanese?

No, they're from India.

They're so intriguing. May I?

Andriani wants to see you at the pavilion at once.

It's very important.

Glad you like them.

Thank you.

Do you think-- could you introduce me?

My dear boy, one doesn't meet Mata Hari

on the spur of the moment like that.

Besides, I'm late now.

Do you mind if I stay for a while?

No, no, not at all.

Thank you. Good night.

Good night.

Yes, I thought you were different.

Champagne, please.

Take this. I know what you like.

I know all about men like--oh!

Permit me, mademoiselle.

Oh, wasn't she marvelous?

Wasn't that a wonderful dance, monsieur?

It wasn't a dance, it was a poem.

Ohh...

Do you know her?

Who doesn't?

I would give my right arm to meet her.

So would I.

To Mata Hari the incomparable!

Unsurpassed!

Priestess of the dance!

High priestess!

Goddess! Goddess of beauty!

Bravo!

A dancer's only as beautiful as the moves of her dance.

All: to Mata Hari!

Now, gentlemen, I'm terribly tired.

You'll have to excuse me.

Very good.

You've been very, very charming.

I thank you.

And, uh, good night.

Good night.

Marvelous!

Why, of course.

Have you ever seen people's faces

when you dance?

Have you any idea of the effect you have on them?

My mind is so far away when I dance.

I live in another age, centuries back,

when man and woman--

Brandy's bad for your heart.

I thought you'd given it up.

I give up a lot of things,

but I take them back.

To me, anything I like

is irresistible.

I've always been that way, unfortunately.

It's in my blood.

What people you Russians are.

What charming savages.

Come in.

The Marquis de Signac.

No--

we're going to the pavilion.

Pavilion?

Yes. I like gambling.

They laugh.

It's gay there.

Gay? With Signac? Is that necessary?

Why not?

He's very attractive.

Young.

Of course, he's not a general

of the Russian imperial army,

so important as you.

A diplomat--

or a traitor!

Shh!

I said it--traitor.

No, quiet!

The time has come when I can't be quiet.

There's something growing here

that's going to make me

shout out the whole truth one day.

You want to die so badly?

I'm dead now,

just as surely as though

there were a bullet in my heart.

You killed me.

No.