Mata Hari
- R
- Year:
- 1985
- 108 min
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You're losing your touch, my friend.
High living has its price, Ladoux.
You are wheezing.
You are a dangerous opponent,
von Bayerling. Quite dangerous.
And you're a tricky devil, Ladoux.
What can I say?
Karl! What's happened to you?
You drag me into a museum to look
at paintings, and then you disappear.
But you wanted to come
to hunt for prey, you said.
And just when we are about to snare
Madame la Comtesse, you wander off.
What can I tell her about Fauvism,
or whatever the hell you called it?
- They are actually...
- In a state of tantric ecstasy.
It looks... pretty basic to me.
Amazing, von Bayerling,
the amount of useless information
you've got crammed
into that German head of yours.
A very... fascinating exhibit, isn't it?
You have an interest in Asian art?
Well, actually it's my friend here
who is the authority.
An authority?
So what do you think of this?
That's the center of the wheel
of death and rebirth.
The cosmic dancer.
Lord Shiva. Indian, of course.
South Indian, to be exact.
From the temple at Madurai.
Allow me to introduce myself.
Captain Georges Ladoux.
Lady MacLeod.
Enchant.
Captain Karl von Bayerling...
Count von Bayerling.
How is it that you know so much?
I come here quite often.
My dear child,
our table at Maxim's is waiting.
Mon gnrale.
Of course.
So that's what we can look forward to
after 30 years of service.
I don't see how either of you will be
able to accomplish anything, Colonel,
whether it's amusing or not.
August of 1914 will not be a bit
different from any other August in Paris.
Hot and humid.
Biarritz and Deauville...
it's as if one remains in Paris anyway.
The same bored faces,
the same nasty gossip.
If you'll excuse me.
And what keeps the lights
of the German embassy
burning so brightly
on a Saturday night?
Developments.
But you must already know.
Know? How would I know the inner
workings of a diplomatic mission?
My orders are classified secrets,
but French intelligence
would find out soon enough.
I am being transferred back to Berlin.
Special assignment.
If it comes to war, we will both
have to do what is expected of us.
Bon chance. my friend.
And I thought it was I that was supposed
to surprise you with big news.
Do you remember that amazing creature
we encountered last week at the museum?
The one on the arm
of General Carriere.
She's here tonight.
Here? Where?
Just wait.
Mes cheres amis.
tonight the City of Light
must bid farewell
to the Eye of the Dawn.
All of you will have heard, I'm sure,
of the mystic East.
Tonight, before leaving
on her European tour,
the most legendary danseuse
of our age.
Mes chers amis...
a sacred goddess!
Mata Hari!
Mata Hari.
Why should Austria
even take notice of Serbia?
Because Serbia signed
a treaty of alliance with Russia.
More wine, my dear?
Everyone has treaties
with everyone else.
Russia with France, Vienna with Berlin.
I tell you, it will all blow over.
- Bon soir. Monsieurs.
- Bon soir. Madame.
Prost.
Take your hands off me.
Let me go!
I told you I know nothing about this!
- That's her, she's the one.
- It's not true.
I assassinated no one.
I didn't even know him!
You expect us to believe
you are in the habit
of committing intimate acts
with strangers?
Petty hypocrisies
mean nothing to me.
You were en route to Berlin.
I am to perform in Berlin.
All very interesting...
but words
cannot dispel hard facts.
Why would I?
Or... who would want you to?
Our agent was killed by a poisonous dart
fired from a blow gun.
Can you tell us what you did
with this blow gun?
The poison has been used for centuries
by natives of the East Indies.
Perhaps that too is something
you could illuminate.
- Ridiculous.
- Ridiculous?
I'm afraid this is something
rather more than a simple homicide.
We have put in a call to our colleagues
from military intelligence.
This had better be very important.
I don't like to be interrupted.
Thank you for talking sense to them.
- You are performing here?
- Yes, at the Metropole.
The Metropole.
It's Berlin's Folies Bergere.
It's not the kind of place for an artist.
Are you offering an alternative?
Madame.
Wait! Listen to me.
There's a train
You must get away.
Get away?
You must not become involved.
But what have I done? Nothing.
Then I must say good-bye.
But come back...
... tonight.
You come here often?
You're quite an adventurer, Captain.
It's you who have been everywhere.
- I seem to make you smile.
- You remind me of Paris.
Of everything that's intriguing,
innovative, different.
If you dislike the army so much,
why do you stay?
Why? Are you offering me
some kind of alternative?
The only real alternative, Captain,
is the one we make for ourselves.
Careful now!
Come and meet everybody.
Here we are, then,
all my friends and relations.
- Good evening, all.
- We'll wake up the horses.
Come on.
Now, this is one of my horses.
His name is Oscar.
- Oscar, go to sleep now.
- Come on.
They're good.
- Very good.
- Experiments.
What's wrong?
Are you thinking
of the man on the train?
Like everyone else, I'm only...
You're not like everyone else.
And you?
I must take you back to your hotel.
What do you want from me?
to my hotel without saying a word,
and then this morning, you call
to invite me for dinner.
Tell me.
I'm so pleased to see you again,
Mademoiselle.
Allow me to introduce.
Frulein Doctor Elsbeth Schragmuller,
Herr Wolff.
Mademoiselle Mata Hari.
Please, everyone, do sit down.
Such a dramatic arrival in Berlin!
I have often heard
by Dr. Freud as "the little death, "
but I assume it was not your idea
to take it so literally.
- You are a doctor?
- Of psychology,
the science of the human mind.
Frulein Doctor is a consultant
to the German intelligence service.
Despite his undeniable intellect,
Captain von Bayerling here
believes that the intelligence service
should limit itself
to collect information
on troop movements,
or the rate of fire
That is not what I said.
You see, Captain von Bayerling
is our French specialist,
and the French, needless to say,
would do most anything
to hinder his effectiveness.
That is why they sent you to Berlin.
Sent me? That's ridiculous.
I'm here to perform
at the Metropole Theater.
Of course. But you were manipulated.
It was the French, namely,
Captain Ladoux of le Deuxime Bureau
who not only added Berlin to your tour,
but arranged for the assassination
of our poor unfortunate agent on the train.
Why?
Positioning, an opening gambit.
It no longer matters.
But when Captain von Bayerling
reported his suspicion
that you had been set out
as a lure to him,
we resolved to turn the situation
to our advantage.
That's why I sent Captain von Bayerling
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