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28 May 1932 (USA)
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You don't need us to tell you not to miss this film. You couldn't be kept away!
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Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter...
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1 win
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Botched effort with fine Garbo performance and script.
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | 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 |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Reginald Barlow | ... | Dr. Reinhardt (uncredited) |
| Max Barwyn | ... | Cafe Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| Edmund Breese | ... | Friar (uncredited) |
| George Davis | ... | Salter's Butler (uncredited) |
| William Orlamond | ... | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Nella Walker | ... | Lucia Marco (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| George Fitzmaurice | (uncredited) | ||
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| Luigi Pirandello | (play "Come Tuo Mi Voi") | |
| Gene Markey | (adaptation and dialogue) | |
Produced by | |||
| George Fitzmaurice | .... | producer | |
| Irving Thalberg | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| William Axt | (uncredited) | ||
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| William H. Daniels | (as William Daniels) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| George Hively | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Cedric Gibbons | |||
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| Adrian | (gowns) | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Cullen Tate | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Douglas Shearer | .... | recording director | |
| James Brock | .... | sound (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Milton Brown | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Eugene Joseff | .... | costume jeweller (uncredited) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1932) (USA) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1933) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ibérica S.A. (1933) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1933) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1934) (France) (theatrical)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
- Western Electric sound system
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70 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Although Erich von Stroheim was barred from the MGM lot by studio head Louis B. Mayer and production head Irving Thalberg, he was hired for the role of Karl Salter at the insistance of Greta Garbo, who threatened to quit otherwise.See more »
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Featured in The Divine Garbo (1990) (TV)See more »
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This is rather a botched effort. Fitzmaurice is not a good director. He allows von Stroheim to act badly, Douglas and others to overact badly, but does turn a fascinating play into an intriguing script and give us another fine Garbo performance. She is excellent in the lead - it's a film that cried for a remake later in the forties but never got it. As a drunken cabaret singer in the initial scenes, Garbo in a blonde wig is a comic revelation. Interesting to note that von Stroheim has no accent at all, in fact he can barely read his lines, he is as talentless here as an actor as someone who has never been on stage before in his life. He even pronounced "Maria" as if it were "Mareer." Isn't that Douglas in the audience by the pillar in the initial scene? - either that or a look alike double. His character should not be present at that moment. Available on MGM/UA video.