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Anna Christie is a 1930 German-language film adapted from the 1921 Eugene O'Neill play of the same title and filmed following the release of the English-language original version of the same adaptation earlier the same year.[1] Both versions feature leading actress Greta Garbo. In the early years of sound films, Hollywood studios produced foreign-language versions of some of their films using the same sets and sometimes the same costumes, with native speakers of the language usually replacing some or all of the original cast. The German-language version of Anna Christie is one of the few that survives.

Anna Christie
(Poster for original English-language version)
Directed by	Jacques Feyder
Written by	Walter Hasenclever Frances Marion
Screenplay by	Frank Reicher
Based on	Anna Christie 1921 play by Eugene O'Neill
Starring	Greta Garbo Theo Shall Hans Junkermann Salka Viertel
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Finn Ulback
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	December 2, 1930 (1930-12-02)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	German

The film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at their Culver City, California studio in July and August 1930 (the English-language original had been filmed there in October and November 1929).[2] It premiered in Cologne, Germany on December 2, 1930.[3] Garbo is the only cast member appearing in both versions and looks noticeably different in the two. The German dialog was written by Walter Hasenclever and Frank Reicher, for the most part very closely following Frances Marion's original adaptation. The film was directed by Jacques Feyder using the same cinematographer, Garbo favorite William H. Daniels, but a different crew.[4]

Plot

Chris Christofferson (Hans Junkermann), the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge in New York, receives a letter from his estranged twenty-year-old daughter Anna "Christie" Christofferson (Greta Garbo). She tells him that she'll be leaving Minnesota to stay with him. Chris had left Anna 15 years ago to be raised by relatives who live on a farm in the countryside of St. Paul and has not seen her since.

Anna Christie arrives, an emotionally wounded woman with a dishonorable, hidden past, having worked as a prostitute for two years, after fleeing the farm where she had been greatly overworked and then raped. She moves to the barge to live with her father, who, one night, rescues Matt (Theo Shall) from the sea. Anna and Matt fall in love and she has the best days of her life. However, when Matt proposes marriage, she is reluctant, haunted by her past. Matt insists and compels Anna to tell him the truth.

Cast (in credits order)

• Greta Garbo as Anna Christie
• Theo Shall as Matt Burke
• Hans Junkermann as Chris Christofferson
• Salka Viertel as Marthy Owens
• Herman Bing as Larry (uncredited)

Home media

Though the English-language version of Anna Christie has been released numerous times worldwide on DVD, the German version is only available on a subtitled US DVD.[5] The latter was sourced from an inferior print; a much better print without subtitles exists.[6]

Notes

References

• Vieira, Mark A. (2005). Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy. New York: Harry A. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-5897-5.
• Paris, Barry (1994). Garbo. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-8166-4182-X.

External links

• Anna Christie at IMDb
• Anna Christie at AllMovie

На других языках

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[de] Anna Christie (1930, deutsche Version)

Anna Christie ist ein US-amerikanischer Spielfilm mit Greta Garbo aus dem Jahr 1930 und der deutschsprachige Versionenfilm des gleichnamigen englischsprachigen Originals. Regie führte Jacques Feyder. Die Uraufführung fand am 22. Dezember 1930 in Köln statt.

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- [en] Anna Christie (1930 German-language film)

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