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Letter from an Unknown Woman

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

  • Movie
  • 1948
  • 1h 27m

Directed by Max Ophüls

7.8

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7.8 out of 10 from 355 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Joan Fontaine

    Joan FontaineLisa Berndle

  • Louis Jourdan

    Louis JourdanStefan Brand

  • Mady Christians

    Mady ChristiansFrau Berndle

  • Marcel Journet

    Marcel JournetJohann Stauffer

  • Art Smith

    Art SmithJohn

  • Carol Yorke

    Carol YorkeMarie

  • Howard Freeman

    Howard FreemanHerr Kastner

  • John GoodLt. Leopold von Kaltnegger

  • Leo B. Pessin

    Leo B. PessinStefan Jr.

  • Erskine Sanford

    Erskine SanfordPorter

  • Otto Waldis

    Otto WaldisConcierge

  • Sonja BrydenFrau Spitzer

  • Patricia AlphinPretty Girl (uncredited)

  • Harry AndersonMinor Role (uncredited)

  • Edit AngoldMiddle-Aged Woman (uncredited)

  • Betty Blythe

    Betty BlytheFrau Kohner (uncredited)

  • Gabrielle WindsorBallet Girl (uncredited)

  • June WoodCashier (uncredited)

Director
Max Ophüls
Writer
Howard E. Koch and Stefan Zweig
Music
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Cinematography
Franz Planer