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Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman
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Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948
1h 27m
Drama
Romance

Status

Released

Release

1948

Runtime

1h 27m

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Storyline

"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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 27m
Apr 28, 1948
Languages
English
Director
Max Ophüls
Max Ophüls
Production
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
Rampart Productions
Rampart Productions
Universal International Pictures
Universal International Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

21 Cast Members

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)

Gabrielle Windsor

Ballet Girl (uncredited)

June Wood

Cashier (uncredited)

Judith Woodbury

Model (uncredited)

Mary Worth

Musician (uncredited)

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