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Letter from an Unknown Woman
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.
1948 · Directed by Max Ophüls · 87 min · Drama · Romance · 9 frames
Tagline
This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!
Crew
- Screenplay: Howard E. Koch
- Cinematography: Franz Planer
- Edited by: Ted J. Kent
- Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof
- Produced by: John Houseman
Cast
- Joan Fontaine as Lisa Berndle
- Louis Jourdan as Stefan Brand
- Mady Christians as Frau Berndle
- Marcel Journet as Johann Stauffer
- Art Smith as John
- Carol Yorke as Marie
- Howard Freeman as Herr Kastner
- John Good as Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger
- Leo B. Pessin as Stefan Jr.
- Erskine Sanford as Porter
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Rampart Productions, Universal International Pictures
- Themes: love of one's life, anonymous letter, ignorance, author, duel, vienna, austria, illegitimate son
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