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As You Desire Me (1932)

1932-05-28 · 1h 10m · EN
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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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Gene MarkeyWriterGeorge FitzmauriceDirector
Budget
$460.7K
Box office
$1.4M

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Greta GarboGreta GarboZara, a.k.a. MariaMelvyn DouglasMelvyn DouglasCount Bruno VarelliErich von StroheimErich von StroheimCarl SalterOwen MooreOwen MooreTony BoffieHedda HopperHedda HopperInes MontariRafaela OttianoRafaela OttianoLenaWarburton GambleWarburton GambleBaronAlbert ContiAlbert ContiCaptainWilliam RicciardiWilliam RicciardiPietroRoland VarnoRoland VarnoAlbertReginald BarlowReginald BarlowDr. ReinhardtMax BarwynMax BarwynCafe Headwaiter

Keywords

AlcoholicBudapest, hungaryPre-codeAmnesiac

Movie DNA

Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityAlcoholic · Budapest Hungary · Pre CodeDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference330494Actor preference216342 · 347394 · 274668

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What is As You Desire Me about?

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.

How long is As You Desire Me?

As You Desire Me has a runtime of 70 minutes.