International Mothers' Help or International Mother's Help, fornerly The Mata Hari School of Dancing, is a front organisation and training school for female agents in Casino Royale (1967 film).
Background[]
It appears to be located in East Berlin, on Felmannstraße, but is reached from the red light district in West Berlin. Its speciality is to train up and dispense beautiful female agents for SMERSH.
The name implies it may be either an au pair agency, or means to support single mothers, but neither of these functions seem to take place in there.
Mata Hari is one of its former agents, and they have a painting of her up on the wall, suggesting it may predate SMERSH itself.
Known members[]
- Frau Hoffner
- Polo
- Mata Bond (mole)
Behind the Scenes[]
The International Mothers' Help sets are a parody of The Chamber of Dr. Caligari and German expressionist films of the pre-Nazi era.
"Mother" is also the name of the chief of the organisation in the 1960s Avengers. This is one of several references in the film to other spy dramas.
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