As You Desire Me

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 28, 1932

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Nella Walker,William Orlamond,Melvyn Douglas,William Ricciardi,Owen Moore,Hedda Hopper,Erich von Stroheim,Greta Garbo,Warburton Gamble,Albert Contiand 6 more

Director

George Fitzmaurice

Writer

Luigi Pirandello,Gene Markey

Producer

Irving Thalberg,George Fitzmaurice

Cinematography

William H. Daniels

Budget

$460,733

Revenue

$1,362,000

IMDb

tt0022641