It has been proved that she was indeed a spy, but at a very low level. We should not be carried away because in a way we like her. Because of spies, many brave soldiers lost their lives. They should be mourned, not the spy. Same thing is valid today.
Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod, 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 and executed by firing squad in France. Wikipedia Born: 7 August 1876, Leeuwarden, Netherlands Died: 15 October 1917, Vincennes, France Full name: Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
@@godfreydaniel6278 She refused to have a blindfold, and refused to have her hands tied to the stake, and one of her executioners would later describe her as "standing so still" that it made him tremble. 5he then waved goodbye an blew kisses to the soldiers, and then she colapsed in her knees, and fell to her right side.
@@clasicostv9275 - Sounds very dramatic, and romantic - only photos exist showing her tied to a post and leaning so far forward in death as to seem folded in half. I didn't make up the photos - and this was a couple of years before Photoshop. Reality is rarely like the legend...
I thought she did refuse. I read it too in a novel entitled Mata Hari(written by remy Silado), but maybe this film wanted to make more dramatic, so they tied her.
A British reporter wrote an eyewitness account, saying that MH refused the blindfold, and was not tied to a stake, but once shot fell to her knees, then collapsed backwards. www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/matahari.htm
Fairly close to the truth. By the way, the evidence against her was rather flimsy. It was war time and no mercy in those days. One French soldier fainted before firing his weapon. She was a low level spy for the French and Germans, but she was betrayed by both. The French Officials that accused her were eventually arrested themselves for espionage.
@Raap123 What about what the Americans in Vi -et- nam S- S- Saigon? Purple Hearts- I wasn't really sure- I wasn't really sure what was going on. Purple Hearts S- S- Saigon?
And the firing squad consisted of 12 Zouaves, which wore completely different uniforms than seen in the video: www.alamy.com/stock-photo-history-of-the-zouaves-french-infantry-regiments-first-raised-in-algeria-57314651.html
Firing squads are a strange method of execution. The prisoner is shot multiple times but still needs a mercy shot at the end. It would make more sense just to have one head shot at point blank range, just as they do in China.
@@HistoryGe3k They do it this way so the people involved can say it wasn't their gun who fired the bullet that was fatal. although some wanted it to be their gun
@@sparkleintheyes - that is the theory but the Officer who delivers the head shot knows HE delivered the kill shot. It seems a messy and brutal way of punishing somebody if the prisoner takes 5 or 6 rounds that simply wound him. The prisoner then has to wait in pain for the final shot.
@@HistoryGe3k to be fair if you got shot multiple times and you were still alive after that you would want that last head shot , most of the guns weren’t loaded anyways with only 2-3 having live ammunition and the rest firing blanks
Ironically, she was executed by the only country she spied for, France. She did take money from German agents, but there is no proof she ever provided them with any information. The French had to explain their huge casualty figures somehow, plus she was considered an outcast in polite society. Blaming her killed two birds with one stone.
Well that was bad cinematography to make her fall to the ground after the shots are fired... She was tied to the tree... The ropes didn't magically loosen because of some shots to her chest.
Killing for gains or vengeance and ordering capital punishment to the culprits, against the lifetime as fixed by the Almighty, carries the same impact as the former doing killing for gains or vengeance and latter ordering capital punishment by means of Earthians made law. Avoid giving capital punishment based on Earthians made law. Respect females.
I think they do that after they check the pulse just to make sure the condemed is actually dead. And they give the finale blow if they are still considerd alive.
Che stronzata di film le spalle della condannata dopo la fucilazione sono intatte,quando la parte anteriore si vede crivellata dai colpi del plotone,non si vede una goccia di sangue.il regista cambiasse mestiere
At least she got a trial. Most double agents in a high casualty war were foun floating in the river.
It has been proved that she was indeed a spy, but at a very low level. We should not be carried away because in a way we like her. Because of spies, many brave soldiers lost their lives. They should be mourned, not the spy. Same thing is valid today.
Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod, 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 and executed by firing squad in France. Wikipedia
Born: 7 August 1876, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Died: 15 October 1917, Vincennes, France
Full name: Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
Can you imagine this indescribable dread to stay face to face in front of firing squad a know you are actually dead yet?
She wasn't blindfolded nor bound. She went down like a real woman: brave to the end.
Yes: here is the eyewitness account: www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/matahari.htm
i've seen historical pics - she was bound...
@@godfreydaniel6278 She refused to have a blindfold, and refused to have her hands tied to the stake, and one of her executioners would later describe her as "standing so still" that it made him tremble. 5he then waved goodbye an blew kisses to the soldiers, and then she colapsed in her knees, and fell to her right side.
@@clasicostv9275 - Sounds very dramatic, and romantic - only photos exist showing her tied to a post and leaning so far forward in death as to seem folded in half. I didn't make up the photos - and this was a couple of years before Photoshop. Reality is rarely like the legend...
They then shipped the body to a medical school to be dissected. Parts of her were kept in jars for years. Most parts disappeared.
Prosecutor Mornet, who worked for Petain in 1939 and then prosecuted Petain in 1946 (!), said about her case: "There was nothing there!"
what movie is this and when??? I would love to know!
Where can I get this film???
Coup de grâce .... I bet that tingled.
hello ,can you plz tell me what's the name of this version ? ty .
Two Mata Hari's in Monte Carlo
she refused to be tied to the pole
I thought she did refuse. I read it too in a novel entitled Mata Hari(written by remy Silado), but maybe this film wanted to make more dramatic, so they tied her.
Paulo Coelho je suis entrain de lire en ce moment même merci pour cette agréable histoire ❤
A British reporter wrote an eyewitness account, saying that MH refused the blindfold, and was not tied to a stake, but once shot fell to her knees, then collapsed backwards. www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/matahari.htm
Fairly close to the truth. By the way, the evidence against her was rather flimsy. It was war time and no mercy in those days. One French soldier fainted before firing his weapon. She was a low level spy for the French and Germans, but she was betrayed by both. The French Officials that accused her were eventually arrested themselves for espionage.
@Raap123 What about what the Americans in Vi -et- nam S- S- Saigon? Purple Hearts- I wasn't really sure- I wasn't really sure what was going on. Purple Hearts S- S- Saigon?
Did the doctor also have to check the body after that last shot? lol
she died with dignity and pride, a true scorpion, i admire her for that
French soldiers speaking German. What’s next? American soldiers speaking Japanese?
Is this the Dutch woman? Think I've read of her.
she wasnt bound wen they executed her in real life
And the firing squad consisted of 12 Zouaves, which wore completely different uniforms than seen in the video: www.alamy.com/stock-photo-history-of-the-zouaves-french-infantry-regiments-first-raised-in-algeria-57314651.html
Course it's necessary, its called a " mercy shot "....
It ends any potential suffering which may be experienced at the moments before death !!
Firing squads are a strange method of execution. The prisoner is shot multiple times but still needs a mercy shot at the end. It would make more sense just to have one head shot at point blank range, just as they do in China.
@@HistoryGe3k They do it this way so the people involved can say it wasn't their gun who fired the bullet that was fatal. although some wanted it to be their gun
@@sparkleintheyes - that is the theory but the Officer who delivers the head shot knows HE delivered the kill shot. It seems a messy and brutal way of punishing somebody if the prisoner takes 5 or 6 rounds that simply wound him. The prisoner then has to wait in pain for the final shot.
@@HistoryGe3k to be fair if you got shot multiple times and you were still alive after that you would want that last head shot , most of the guns weren’t loaded anyways with only 2-3 having live ammunition and the rest firing blanks
Could someone write me down the whole text of Mata Hari's sentence in German, said by the officer? Thnx. in advance.
Wehn he tried go Cover here eyes sie said "no, i want to see it"
Hope i could help you.
Ironically, she was executed by the only country she spied for, France. She did take money from German agents, but there is no proof she ever provided them with any information. The French had to explain their huge casualty figures somehow, plus she was considered an outcast in polite society. Blaming her killed two birds with one stone.
whan subject goes to law is start...war is were bad carma
Movie name please tell
Armée , complice , à l'époque de meutre .
Well that was bad cinematography to make her fall to the ground after the shots are fired... She was tied to the tree... The ropes didn't magically loosen because of some shots to her chest.
French soldier speaking German??
c'est un redoublage allemand
je vous rassure, en France en 1917 ont parlais Le Français
Killing for gains or vengeance and ordering capital punishment to the culprits, against the lifetime as fixed by the Almighty, carries the same impact as the former doing killing for gains or vengeance and latter ordering capital punishment by means of Earthians made law. Avoid giving capital punishment based on Earthians made law.
Respect females.
Siempre hay pretextos para matarnos. ..ayer y hoy...
Was that last shot really necessary?
It's called coup de grace, a standard operating procedure in executions by musketry.
MORDERCA!!!!
The last shot was necessary ? Pff..........
I think they do that after they check the pulse just to make sure the condemed is actually dead. And they give the finale blow if they are still considerd alive.
She was indeed a spy, was caught, and paid the price.
dude they dont have this in spanish or inglish?
@Ondrus21 i think it's like.,,,, fuuuuuuuck
:'(
Che stronzata di film le spalle della condannata dopo la fucilazione sono intatte,quando la parte anteriore si vede crivellata dai colpi del plotone,non si vede una goccia di sangue.il regista cambiasse mestiere
Asi acabariam con loz corruptos de ahora
une civile assassinée
The French??
A person famous for two things. Dancing and being murdered by the french on a false charge.
This is not like it was done
Covardia
Maldito so covered assassino so.
@SvalbardJanMayen1976
sorry for you I come from the land of Mata Hari.
Though I don't believe she should have been executed; it she was going to be executed she probably should have been crucified (more dramatic).
that escalated quickly