Greta Garbo / filmography
Greta Garbo's expanded filmography lists all of the actress's feature films. The list provides information about the film studio or distributor responsible for the production and, if verified information is available, about the production costs and box office results. The dates under theatrical release refer to the start of the official distribution in the country of manufacture and the premiere in Germany.
In addition to the duration in minutes, the technical data column shows whether the film is silent (S) or sound film (T). All of Greta Garbo's films were shot in black and white. The production costs are in US dollars.
The column Evaluation (also in US dollars) shows:
- Box office earnings USA
- Earnings abroad
- Cumulative earnings
- Profit (+) / loss (-)
- k. A .: no information available
| year | German title Original title |
Technical specifications | Studio | Theatrical release | Director | Contributors | costs | evaluation | action | Remarks |
| 1922 | Luffar-Petter | 35 / S | Petschler-Film / Fribergs Filmbyrå | December 26th, 1922 no rental in Germany |
Erik A. Petschler |
Erik A. Petschler , Tyra Ryman |
k. A. | k. A. | Comedy about a charming man who flirts with various young women. | Appearance as Greta Gustafson. |
| 1924 |
Gösta Berling Gösta Berling's saga |
165 / S | Svensk Filmindustri | 10th and 17th March 1924 18th and 25th September 1924 |
Mauritz Stiller |
Lars Hanson , Gerda Lundequist |
k. A. | k. A. | A clergyman struggles with his calling. | Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Selma Lagerlöf . |
| 1925 | The joyless alley | 96 / S | Sofar-Film GmbH | May 18, 1925 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
Asta Nielsen , Jaro Fürth |
k. A. | k. A. | In Vienna during the period of inflation, different fates intersect in the struggle for survival. | The only film that Greta Garbo shot in Germany. |
| 1926 |
Torrent floods of passion |
68 / S | MGM | February 21, 1926 no rental in Germany |
Monta Bell |
Ricardo Cortez , Gertrude Olmstedt |
2500,000 | 460,000 208,000 668,000 +126,000 |
Love drama against the backdrop of a spectacular dam break. | Greta Garbo received very good reviews and was hailed as a new movie star by the press. |
| 1926 |
Demon woman also dance of death of love The Temptress |
95 / S | MGM | December 7, 1926 January 13, 1928 |
Mauritz Stiller Fred Niblo |
Antonio Moreno , Lionel Barrymore |
669,000 | 587,000 378,000 965,000 -43,000 |
Unhappy love for a man turns an innocent girl into a vamp. | Due to the sometimes chaotic working conditions during the shoot, Mauritz Stiller was withdrawn from directing after a few weeks. |
| 1927 |
It was Flesh and the Devil |
95 / S | MGM | 9.1.1927 October 7, 1927 |
Clarence Brown |
John Gilbert , Lars Hanson , Barbara Kent |
373,000 | 603,000 658,000 1,261,000 +466,000 |
Two friends are almost broken apart by the cunning of a vamp. | First film by the screen couple Garbo-Gilbert. First of seven films with Clarence Brown. |
| 1927 |
Anna Karenina Love |
84 / S | MGM | November 29, 1927 May 18, 1928 |
Edmund Goulding |
John Gilbert , Philippe de Lacy |
488,000 | 946,000 731,000 1,677,000 +571,000 |
Anna Karenina leaves her husband and child, only to lose almost everything in the end. | A happy ending between Anna and Wronsky was filmed for the American market. The distribution copies for Europe end with Anna jumping in front of the train. |
| 1928 |
The Divine Woman The Divine Woman |
80 / S | MGM | January 14, 1928 December 21, 1928 |
Victor Sjöström |
Lars Hanson , Polly Moran |
267,000 | 541,000 390,000 931,000 +354,000 |
After an unhappy love affair, a young country girl becomes a world-famous stage star and in the end renounces fame and money to move back to the country with a soldier. | First solo role for Greta Garbo, who is announced as the sole actress above the title. The film is very loosely based on events in the life of Sarah Bernhardt . There are only fragments of the film. |
| 1928 |
The War in the Dark The Mysterious Lady |
96 / S | MGM | August 4, 1928 April 25, 1929 |
Fred Niblo | Conrad Nagel | 337,000 | 543,000 551,000 1,084,000 +369,000 |
A Russian spy does counter-espionage out of love for an Austrian and is happy in the end. | |
| 1928 |
A Shameless Woman A Woman of Affairs |
108 / S | MGM | November 19, 1928 January 3, 1930 |
Clarence Brown |
John Gilbert , Lewis Stone , Dorothy Sebastian |
383,000 | 850,000 520,000 1,370,000 +417,000 |
Class differences prevent the happiness of a young couple, each of whom later becomes unhappy in their own way. | The film is based in part on the controversial novel The Green Hat by Michael Arlen. |
| 1929 |
Wild orchids Wild orchids |
102 / S | MGM | 30.03.1929 11.30.1930 |
Sidney Franklin |
Lewis Stone , Nils Asther |
322,000 | 622,000 543,000 1,165,000 +380,000 |
An old rich man's bored wife is tempted by an Asian prince. | Although the film is set in Java, Gilbert Adrian's costumes are based on the Thai national costume . |
| 1929 |
Invisible Shackles The Single Standard |
73 / S | MGM | July 27, 1929 January 13, 1931 |
John S. Robertson |
Nils Asther , Dorothy Sebastian , John Mack Brown |
336,000 | 659,000 389,000 1,084,000 +333,000 |
Freedom-loving young woman leaves her husband and child in order to finally recognize the value of real love. | One of the few contemporary roles by Greta Garbo. |
| 1929 |
The Kiss The Kiss |
89 / S | MGM | 15.11.1929 14.10.1930 |
Jacques Feyder |
Lew Ayres , Conrad Nagel |
257,000 | 518,000 387,000 905,000 +448,000 |
A young woman is charged with beating her husband to death. | Last silent film produced by MGM. |
| 1930 | Anna Christie | 74 / T | MGM | March 14, 1930 | Clarence Brown |
Charles Bickford , Marie Dressler |
376,000 | 1,013,000 486,000 1,499,000 +576,000 |
The former prostitute Anna returns to her father and falls in love with a sailor. | Sound film debut of Greta Garbo in the film adaptation of the play of the same name by Eugene O'Neill . Greta Garbo was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayals in Anna Christie and Romance . |
| 1930 | Anna Christie - German version | 82 / T | MGM | 12/22/1930 | Jacques Feyder |
Salka quarter , Hans Junkermann |
The costs are included in the English version | Income is included in the English version. | Greta Garbo thought her portrayal was one of the best of her entire career. She speaks all dialogues herself. | |
| 1930 |
Romance ( Romance ) |
76 / T | MGM | 22.8.1930 16.2.1932 |
Clarence Brown |
Gavin Gordon , Lewis Stone |
496,000 | 733,000 523,000 1,256,000 +287,000 |
Flashbacks tell the unhappy love of a clergyman for a world-famous singer. | Gary Cooper was initially planned as a partner . |
| 1931 |
Yvonne ( inspiration ) |
74 / T | MGM | 6.2.1931 November 17, 1931 |
Clarence Brown |
Robert Montgomery , Lewis Stone |
438,000 | 725,000 402,000 1,127,000 +286,000 |
A live-in lady leaves her true love so as not to endanger her career. | Gilbert Adrian reintroduced elaborate hats into costume design in this film after they had been unpopular in previous years. |
| 1931 |
Helga's Fall and Rise ( Susan Lenox - Her Fall and Rise ) |
76 / T | MGM | October 16, 1931 December 13, 1932 |
Robert Z. Leonard | Clark Gable | 580,000 | 806,000 700,000 1,506,000 +364,000 |
The young orphan Helga grows up with her brutal relatives. After she is about to be forced into marriage, she escapes and falls in love with a young engineer. Numerous misunderstandings stand in the way of the happy ending. | 17 authors were involved in the script. |
| 1931 | Mata Hari | 90 / T | MGM | December 31, 1931 September 12, 1932 |
George Fitzmaurice |
Ramón Novarro , Lionel Barrymore |
558,000 | 931,000 1,296,000 2,227,000 +879,000 |
Mata Hari spies for the Germans and ends up sacrificing herself for her Russian lover. | Purely fictional portrayal of Mata Hari's decisive years . The yarmulke was popularized by the film for some time as a head covering. |
| 1932 |
People in the Hotel Grand Hotel |
115 / T | MGM | April 12, 1932 February 14, 1933 |
Edmund Goulding |
Joan Crawford , Wallace Beery , John Barrymore , Lionel Barrymore |
700,000 | 1,235,000 1,359,000 2,594,000 +947,000 |
Fateful hours in a Berlin luxury hotel. | First film with a star cast . |
| 1932 |
How do you want me ( As You Desire Me ) |
71 / T | MGM | June 2, 1932 October 3, 1933 |
George Fitzmaurice |
Melvyn Douglas , Erich von Stroheim |
469,000 | 705,000 658,000 1,362,000 +449,000 |
Zara, a singer in a Budapest cabaret, suffers from amnesia. In search of her true identity, she meets an Italian count who believes he recognizes his missing wife in her. | The film is loosely based on the play of the same name by Luigi Pirandello . As Zara, Greta Garbo wears a platinum blonde wig. |
| 1933 |
Queen Christine ( Queen Christina ) |
97 / T | MGM | December 26, 1933 October 24, 1934 |
Rouben Mamoulian |
John Gilbert , Lewis Stone |
1,144,000 | 767,000 1,843,000 2,610,000 +632,000 |
The Swedish queen does not want to get married, but then she falls in love with the Spanish ambassador. After his death she gives thanks, deeply shaken. | Purely fictional description of the reasons that are said to have led to the abdication of the Swedish Queen Christine in 1654. Last of four films with John Gilbert. |
| 1934 |
The Painted Veil ( The Painted Veil ) |
83 / T | MGM | December 7, 1934 April 5, 1935 |
Richard Boleslawski |
Herbert Marshall , George Brent |
947,000 | 538,000 1,120,000 1,658,000 +138,000 |
In China, a bored doctor's wife starts an affair. The couple make up in the end and fight together against an outbreak of cholera in the hinterland. | The film is essentially based on the Somerset Maugham novel of the same name . |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina | 95 / T | MGM | August 30, 1935 January 31, 1936 |
Clarence Brown |
Fredric March , Basil Rathbone , Freddie Bartholomew |
1,152,000 | 865,000 1,439,000 2,304,000 +320,000 |
Anna Karenina leaves her husband and child out of love for an officer, only to lose everything in the end. She chooses suicide. | Greta Garbo received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for her performance . |
| 1936 |
The Lady of the Camellias ( Camille ) |
109 / T | MGM | December 15, 1936 November 5, 1937 |
George Cukor |
Robert Taylor , Henry Daniell |
1,486,000 | 1,154,000 1,688,000 2,842,000 +388,000 |
A courtesan renounces affection for a young diplomat out of love and dies in the end in his arms. | Second nomination for an Oscar for best actress. Received the New York Film Critics Circle Award . |
| 1937 |
Maria Walewska Conquest |
112 / T | MGM | November 4, 1937 May 23, 1950 |
Clarence Brown |
Charles Boyer , Maria Ouspenskaya , May Whitty |
2,732,000 | 730,000 1,411,000 2,141,000 -1,397,000 |
Fictional portrayal of the love between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Polish Countess Maria Walewska . | The film was one of MGM's most expensive as well as one of the most loss-making productions. |
| 1939 |
Ninotschka Ninotchka |
110 / T | MGM | November 9, 1939 December 7, 1948 |
Ernst Lubitsch |
Melvyn Douglas , Ina Claire |
1,365,000 | 1,187,000 1,092,000 2,279,000 +138,000 |
A Soviet commissioner comes to Paris on behalf of the party and falls in love with a French playboy. | The advertising slogan was, in a nutshell, Garbo laughs! Third nomination for an Oscar for best actress. |
| 1941 |
The woman with the two faces Two-Faced Woman |
94 / T | MGM | December 31, 1941 September 16, 1948 |
George Cukor |
Melvyn Douglas , Constance Bennett |
1,247,000 | 875,000 925,000 1,800,000 -62,000 |
Ski instructor wants to test her husband's loyalty and invents a glamorous twin sister. | The reviews were devastating. It was the last film for Greta Garbo. All later comeback attempts did not get beyond test recordings. |
Remarks
- ↑ The source is the information from Barry Paris: Garbo , pp. 827-837 and Mae West: Greta Garbo . Film series, 16. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 1978, p. 173 ff.
- ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the MGM films: The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Appendix 1: MGM Film Grosses, 1924–1948 . In: Historical Journal of Film, Television, and Radio . Vol. 12, No. 2, 1992 and Barry Paris: Garbo . Pp. 827-837.
- ↑ The film was released in two parts.
- ↑ In Germany the film was released under the title Mistress of Love . On television it runs under the given reference title.
- ^ Day of the premiere in Germany.