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As You Desire Me (1932)
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28 May 1932 (USA) moreTagline:
You don't need us to tell you not to miss this film. You couldn't be kept away!Plot:
Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Intriguing treatment of intriguing theme moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Greta Garbo | ... | Zara aka Maria |
 | Melvyn Douglas | ... | Count Bruno Varelli |
 | Erich von Stroheim | ... | Carl Salter |
| Owen Moore | ... | Tony Boffie |
| Hedda Hopper | ... | Ines Montari |
| Rafaela Ottiano | ... | Lena |
| Warburton Gamble | ... | Baron |
| Albert Conti | ... | Captain |
| William Ricciardi | ... | Pietro |
| Roland Varno | ... | Albert |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Pirandello's play "Come tu mi vuoi", written by late 1929 premiered in Milan's Teatro de Filodrammatici on 18 February 1930. moreFAQ
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This film is almost forgotten but remains one of the most unusual in Garbo's career. It was daring to use a Pirandello play (what remains of it) and the stylistic inconsistencies are actually absolutely right for the theme that nothing is what it seems (but could be, if we so desired it). Compare it to "Two faced Woman" ten years later, also with Douglas and also about confusions of identity. You will see how much better is the earlier film and how much more beautiful Garbo was, even in a fright wig. George Fitzmaurice was a talented director with a great sense of style. Like most early sound films you have to see a good copy. Much of what we see now is just a travesty of the original and makes it very hard to appreciate its real quality.