As You Desire Me (1932)
Overview
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $460,733.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $1,362,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.888 |
Directed By
George Fitzmaurice
Crew
George Fitzmaurice
Gene Markey
Gene Markey
Luigi Pirandello
George Fitzmaurice
William Axt
George Hively
Cedric Gibbons
Adrian
Douglas Shearer
William H. Daniels
Irving Thalberg
Milton Brown
James Brock
Cullen Tate
Benjamin Thau
TOP CAST
Greta Garbo
Zara, a.k.a. Maria
Melvyn Douglas
Count Bruno Varelli
Erich von Stroheim
Carl Salter
Owen Moore
Tony Boffie
Hedda Hopper
Ines Montari
Rafaela Ottiano
Lena
Warburton Gamble
Baron
Albert Conti
Captain
William Ricciardi
Pietro
Roland Varno
Albert
Reginald Barlow
Dr. Reinhardt
Max Barwyn
Cafe Headwaiter
Edmund Breese
Friar
William Orlamond
Waiter
Nella Walker
Lucia Marco
George Davis
Salter's Butler
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