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Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman
★ 7.8/10•1948•1h 27m•Btl•Drama•Romance

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

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.

Max Ophüls · Director

Howard E. Koch · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 27m
LanguageEN
Release DateApr 28, 1948

Actors

Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

Lisa Berndle

Louis Jourdan

Louis Jourdan

Stefan Brand

Mady Christians

Mady Christians

Frau Berndle

Marcel Journet

Marcel Journet

Johann Stauffer

Art Smith

Art Smith

John

Carol Yorke

Carol Yorke

Marie

Howard Freeman

Howard Freeman

Herr Kastner

John Good

Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger

Leo B. Pessin

Leo B. Pessin

Stefan Jr.

Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Porter

Otto Waldis

Otto Waldis

Concierge

Sonja Bryden

Frau Spitzer

Patricia Alphin

Pretty Girl (uncredited)

Harry Anderson

Minor Role (uncredited)

Edit Angold

Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)

Betty Blythe

Betty Blythe

Frau Kohner (uncredited)

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