 In one scene, the monster (Boris Karloff (qv)) walks through a forest and  comes upon a little girl, Maria, who is throwing flowers into a pond. The  monster joins her in the activity but soon runs out of flowers. At a loss for  something to throw into the water, he looks at Maria and moves toward her. In  all American prints of the movie, the scene ends here. But as originally  filmed, the action continues to show the monster grabbing Maria, hurling her  into the lake, then departing in confusion when Maria fails to float as the  flowers did.  The removal of the girls killing suggests a crueler death for  Maria, since a subsequent scene shows her bloodied corpse being carried  through the village by her father.