
As You Desire Me
Drama
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.
Top Cast


Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Zara, a.k.a. Maria
Greta Garbo
Zara, a.k.a. Maria


Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Count Bruno Varelli
Melvyn Douglas
Count Bruno Varelli


Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim
Carl Salter
Erich von Stroheim
Carl Salter


Owen Moore
Owen Moore
Tony Boffie
Owen Moore
Tony Boffie


Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Ines Montari
Hedda Hopper
Ines Montari


Rafaela Ottiano
Rafaela Ottiano
Lena
Rafaela Ottiano
Lena


Warburton Gamble
Warburton Gamble
Baron
Warburton Gamble
Baron


Albert Conti
Albert Conti
Captain
Albert Conti
Captain


William Ricciardi
William Ricciardi
Pietro
William Ricciardi
Pietro


Roland Varno
Roland Varno
Albert
Roland Varno
Albert
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