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As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me

As You Desire Me

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$460733

Revenue

$1362000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

70 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

28 May 1932

Country

United States of America

Cast

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

Zara, a.k.a. Maria

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Count Bruno Varelli

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

Carl Salter

Owen Moore

Owen Moore

Tony Boffie

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

Ines Montari

Rafaela Ottiano

Rafaela Ottiano

Lena

Warburton Gamble

Warburton Gamble

Baron

Albert Conti

Albert Conti

Captain

William Ricciardi

William Ricciardi

Pietro

Roland Varno

Roland Varno

Albert

Reginald Barlow

Reginald Barlow

Dr. Reinhardt

Max Barwyn

Max Barwyn

Cafe Headwaiter

Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Friar

William Orlamond

William Orlamond

Waiter

Nella Walker

Nella Walker

Lucia Marco

George Davis

George Davis

Salter's Butler

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