Anna Christie

Feb 21, 1930

1h 29m

★ 6.0

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Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Anna Christie Trailers

Cast

Anna Christie

Greta Garbo

Matt Burke

Charles Bickford

Chris Christofferson

George F. Marion

Marthy Owens

Marie Dressler

Johnny the Harpist

James T. Mack

Larry the Bartender

Lee Phelps

Coney Island Barker (uncredited)

Jack Baxley

Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Boy at Coney Island (uncredited)

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