The 1930 Hollywood version was advertised with the tag line, "Garbo Talks!" It was directed by Clarence Brown, written by Frances Marion, and starred Greta Garbo as Anna and Charles Bickford as Mat.

A German film of the play was also produced in 1930 starring Greta Garbo. Jacques Feyder, using a German version of Frances Marion's script, directed this movie. Theo Shall played Mat.