Letter from an Unknown Woman
“This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!”
1948•1h 27m•7.8•Released
DramaRomance
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.
Director
Max Ophüls
Writer
Howard E. Koch
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Joan Fontaine
Lisa Berndle
Louis Jourdan
Stefan Brand
Mady Christians
Frau Berndle
Marcel Journet
Johann Stauffer
Art Smith
John
Carol Yorke
Marie
Howard Freeman
Herr Kastner
John Good
Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger
Leo B. Pessin
Stefan Jr.
Erskine Sanford
Porter
Otto Waldis
Concierge
Sonja Bryden
Frau Spitzer
Patricia Alphin
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Harry Anderson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Edit Angold
Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Company
Rampart Productions
Company
Universal International Pictures
Producer
John Houseman
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