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

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Mariano Ozores Mariano Ozores Puchol (born 5 October 1926) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He was a prolific specialist in the sex comedy and Francoist comedy. He is the brother of Jose Luis Ozores (1923–1968) and Antonio Ozores (1928–2010), ...

and starring

Gracita Morales María Gracia Morales Carvajal (11 November 1928 – 3 April 1995) better known as Gracita Morales was a classic Spanish film actress with a famous high-pitched voice. She was one of the most popular Spanish actresses of the 1960s and 1970s, i ...

José Luis López Vázquez José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre MML (11 March 1922, in Madrid – 2 November 2009, in Madrid) was a Spanish actor. Career José Luis López Vázquez was born in Madrid, Spain, on 11 March 1922. He originally worked in theater as a costume ...

and

Antonio Ozores Antonio Ozores Puchol (24 August 1928, in Burjassot – 12 May 2010, in Madrid) 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 ...

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

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

's activities during the

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Partial cast

as Guillermina Retuerto / Falsa Mata-Hari *

as Coronel Von Faber *

as Williso *

Pilar Velázquez Pilar Velázquez (born 13 February 1946) is a Spanish actress. Born as María del Pilar Velázquez Llorente in Madrid, she made her debut in 1964 at the Teatro Español, with the drama ''Caminos de Damasco''. Between 1966 and 1977 she starred in ...

as Paula *

Margot Cottens Margot Noemí Cottens Costa (January 9, 1922 – January 2, 1999) was an Uruguayan actress who made most of her career in Spain. Selected filmography * '' The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1953) * '' My Love Is Called Margarita'' (1961) * ''The Mus ...

as Agripina *

José Luis Coll José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

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. At Gijón International Film Festival in 2015, he received the Nacho Martinez, Nacho Martinez Awar ...

as Jean-Paul * Pedro Porcel as General Kloch * María Isbert as Prostitute nº 6 * Goyo Lebrero as Ally Spy * Carmen de Lirio as Mata-Hari

References

Bibliography

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

External links

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