Greta Garbo stars as a young woman desperately trying to conceal the shameful life she was forced into for survival in this classic adaptation of playwright Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie. As a hardened young woman, Swedish immigrant Anna Christie (Garbo) survived a tragic childhood and has worked as a prostitute to stay alive. Now living in Minnesota, Christie reunites with her father (George F. Marion) and tries to hide her past from both him and from Matt (Chris Bickford), the young man with whom she has at long last found love. But when Matt learns her secret, will their love be strong enough to overcome the truth?