Anna Christie
6.5
“Garbo Talks!”
Old sailor Chris Christofferson eagerly awaits the arrival of his grown daughter Anna, whom he sent at five years old to live with relatives in Minnesota. He has not seen her since, but believes her to be a decent and respectably employed young woman. When Anna arrives, however, it is clear that she has lived a hard life in the dregs of society, and that much of spirit has been extinguished. She falls in love with a young sailor rescued at sea by her father, but dreads to reveal to him the truth of her past. Both father and young man are deluded about her background, yet Anna cannot quite bring herself to allow them to remain deluded.
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Cast
9 people
Greta Garbo
Anna Christie
Known for
Ninotchka
Grand Hotel
Charles Bickford
Matt Burke
Known for
A Star Is Born
Brute Force
George F. Marion
Chris Christofferson
Known for
The Big House
Marie Dressler
Marthy Owens
Known for
Dinner at Eight
Tillie's Punctured Romance
James T. Mack
Johnny the Harpist
Also in
Arsène Lupin
The Cruise of the Jasper B
Lee Phelps
Larry the Bartender
Also in
Accomplice
War Dogs
Jack Baxley
Coney Island Barker (uncredited)
Also in
Bear Facts
The Kid from Gower Gulch
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Known for
Monkey Business
Elmer Gantry
Robert Parrish
Boy at Coney Island (uncredited)
Also in
Riley the Cop
The Right to Love
Clarence Brown Director · Frances Marion Screenplay Eugene O'Neill Author
Worldwide gross $1.5M · United States release February 21, 1930 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Swedish
Release dates
United States · January 22, 1930
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · February 21, 1930
Theatrical
Denmark
April 20, 1931 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 24, 1930 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 12, 1931 · Theatrical
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