''Operation Mata Hari'' (Spanish: ''Operación Mata Hari'') is a 1968 Spanish

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Mariano Ozores Mariano Ozores Puchol (5 October 1926 – 21 May 2025) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He was a prolific specialist in the sex comedy and Francoist comedy. Ozores was the brother of José Luis Ozores (1923–1968) and Antonio Oz ...

and starring Gracita Morales,

José Luis López Vázquez José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre Medal of Merit in Labour, MMT (11 March 1922 – 2 November 2009) was a Spanish actor, comedian, costume designer, scenic designer, and assistant director whose career spanned nearly seven decades. He was ...

and

Antonio Ozores Antonio Ozores Puchol (24 August 1928 – 12 May 2010) was a Spanish actor. He was the son of actors Mariano Ozores and Luisa Puchol, brother of director Mariano Ozores (Jr.) and of actor Jose Luis Ozores, father of Emma Ozores, and uncle ...

.Mira p.100 It is based on the story of the German spy

Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (, ; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari ( , ; , ), was a Dutch Stripper, exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for German Empire, Germany during World War ...

's activities during the

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Partial cast

* Gracita Morales as Guillermina Retuerto Bedoya / False Mata-Hari *

as Coronel Von Faber *

as Willys Overland *

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as Paula *

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as Agripina * José Luis Coll as Vorochenko *

José Sacristán José María Sacristán Turiégano (born 27 September 1937), better known as José Sacristán, is a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor. He made his feature film debut in 1965 in '. At Gijón International Film Festival in 2015, he r ...

as Jean-Paul * Pedro Porcel as General Kloch *

María Isbert María Vicenta Ysbert Soriano (21 April 1917 – 25 April 2011) better known as María Isbert was a Spanish actress whose credits included more than 250 Spanish films during her career. Isbert worked with most major Spanish film actors and direc ...

as Prostitute nº 6 *

Paloma Cela María Luisa Cela Molinero (4 March 1943 – 30 March 2019), better known by her stage name Paloma Cela, was a Spanish actress and model. Biography Born in Madrid, Spain, she started out as a model and made her cinema debut in the 1967 film ''O ...

as Prostitute nº 3 *

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as Ally Spy *

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as waiter at Berlin Cabaret *

Carmen de Lirio Carmen de Lirio (31 October 1926 – 4 August 2014) was a Spanish film actress.Cowie & Elley p.496 Selected filmography * ''The Evil Forest'' (1951) * '' It Was She Who Wanted It!'' (1953) * ''Peace Never Comes'' (1960) * '' The Two Rivals'' (196 ...

as Real Mata-Hari

References

Bibliography

* Mira, Alberto. ''The A to Z of Spanish Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.

External links

* 1968 films 1960s historical comedy films 1960s Spanish films 1960s Spanish-language films 1960s spy comedy films Films directed by Mariano Ozores Spanish historical comedy films Spanish spy comedy films Spanish-language historical comedy films World War I spy films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub