The Dutch-born Javanese dancer and courtesan Margaret Zelle MacLeod--better known as Mata Hari--was executed by the French in 1917 as a Russian spy. This flamboyant seductress had dazzled and outraged Parisian high society with her callous independence, in which sex and espionage were indecently wed. In embellishing her story, MGM offered Greta Garbo her most glamorous role: dressed by the designer Adrian in tight metallic pants and an array of jeweled skullcaps, but equally impressive in black cape and boots, Garbo captivated the imagination of an era. A fascinating meeting of fashion and film design, incandescently lit by cinematographer William Daniels and skillfully directed by George Fitzmaurice.