Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

  • NR
  • 04/28/1948 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 27m

This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!

Overview

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.

Howard Koch

Screenplay

Max Ophüls

Director

Stefan Zweig

Novel

Cast

Joan Fontaine's headshot

Joan Fontaine

Lisa Berndle
Louis Jourdan's headshot

Louis Jourdan

Stefan Brand
Mady Christians's headshot

Mady Christians

Frau Berndle
Marcel Journet's headshot

Marcel Journet

Johann Stauffer
Art Smith's headshot

Art Smith

John
Carol Yorke's headshot

Carol Yorke

Marie
Howard Freeman's headshot

Howard Freeman

Herr Kastner
John Good's headshot

John Good

Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger

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