Letter from an Unknown Woman(Movie, 1948)

Name: Letter from an Unknown Woman
Genre: Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1948
Duration: T01:27:00
Rating: 3.9

1h 27min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 123 votes)

Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 American drama romance film released by Universal-International and directed by Max Ophüls (listed as Max Opuls in the opening credits sequence). It was based on the 1922 novella of the same name by Stefan Zweig. The film stars Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, and Marcel Journet (actor). In 1992, Letter from an Unknown Woman was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In July 2021, the film was shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. ()

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About 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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Vienna

Based on the work of: Stefan Zweig ("Letter from an Unknown Woman")

Made by: Universal Pictures, Rampart Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 16 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 04/28/1948

Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Erskine Sanford, Betty Blythe, Mady Christians, Otto Waldis, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Art Smith, Celia Lovsky, Howard Freeman, Marcel Journet, Roland Varno

Director: Max Ophüls

Producer: John Houseman

Screenwriter: Max Ophüls, Howard Koch

Film Editor: Ted J. Kent

Director of Photography: Franz Planer

Composer: Daniele Amfitheatrof

Costume designer: Travis Banton

Production Designer: Alexander Golitzen

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Carta de una enamorada"

"Brief einer Unbekannten"

"Carta de uma Desconhecida"

"Brev fra en ukendt kvinde"

"Carta de una desconocida"

"Brevet från en okänd kvinna"

"Kirje tuntemattomalta naiselta"

"Lettre d'une inconnue"

"To gramma mias agnostis"

"Levél egy ismeretlen asszonytól"

"Lettera da una sconosciuta"

"わすれじのおもかげ"

"미지의 여인에게서 온 편지"

"List od nieznajomej"

"Carta de Uma Desconhecida"

"Письмо незнакомки"

"Brev från en okänd kvinna"

Keywords: vienna, austria, illegitimate son, love of ones life, duel, ignorance, anonymous letter, author

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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