As You Desire Me (1932)

  • NR
  • 05/28/1932 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 10m

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.

George Fitzmaurice

Director

Gene Markey

Writer

Cast

Greta Garbo's headshot

Greta Garbo

Zara, a.k.a. Maria
Melvyn Douglas's headshot

Melvyn Douglas

Count Bruno Varelli
Erich von Stroheim's headshot

Erich von Stroheim

Carl Salter
Owen Moore's headshot

Owen Moore

Tony Boffie
Hedda Hopper's headshot

Hedda Hopper

Ines Montari
Rafaela Ottiano's headshot

Rafaela Ottiano

Lena
Warburton Gamble's headshot

Warburton Gamble

Baron
Albert Conti's headshot

Albert Conti

Captain

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