anna christie ( 1931 ) on it own term and this version of garbo anna christie and shot a year later in german with a whole new cast and be just tone down and refined enough to work good than the english version ( both be american mgm production ) . garbo be if anything more commanding ( or more beautiful a a screen presence ) and her acting be more restrained . and she seem frankly more at ease and probably for a lot of reason and but we can speculate that she be no longer make her first talk picture and so have adjust quickly . without compare always one film to the other and this anna christie be still the same oneill play with too many word . his theme of a woman want love without lose her independence be here and but it come off a oddly old fashion anyway . there be some scene miss the coney island section be shorten and isn not a good but overall it a direct echo of the first film . the director and jacques feyder ( belgian french ) and be simply redo what be do already and which i assume must be a frustrating experience . it interest to see both film in succession because they be block out exactly the same way ( not only the set and but the shot and be all the same ) . there be an occasional scene lift from the early film some of the storm and understandably and but also a brief scene where marie dressler ( from the english language version ) be walk with her friend on a plank over a canal and drunk a can be . but they be just silhouette and and when the next scene show their face and we see the german actor take their part . there be no replace dressler and for sure and but for me the german father be more believable and honest in his performance . clearly the theme immigration and wayward father and daughter turn to prostitution and and the trouble of find true love have strong current back then and especially with european thread ( garbo and appropriately and play a swedish young woman ) .