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Writers:
Gene Markey (adaptation)
Luigi Pirandello (play)
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Release Date:
28 May 1932 (USA) more
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Plot:
Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter... more | add synopsis
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Poor support but Garbo redeems more (16 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:
70 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Trivia:
The character of Karl Salter was loosely based on Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár. more
Quotes:
Baron: Get rid of these other swine.
Zara: Other?
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Referenced in Va savoir (2001) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Poor support but Garbo redeems, 9 April 2006
Author: taxi-17 from United States

Garbo puts in a strong lead performance but this film suffered with poor support from Douglas and Von Stroheim. Douglas was a particularly bad choice and Bruno comes across as absurd.

Garbo shows great range deftly transforming from drunken diva to redeemed believer in the power of love, even if she can't remember who she is.

Interesting... Garbo appears to flub a line in the last scene at approx 1:07

"oooh Lena, help me! You must know? The others, the other woman women who were here that night. Who were they?"

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