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78% Critic Match
Letter from an Unknown Woman
“This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!”
7.8 / 10• 1948• 1h 27m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Joan Fontaine
Lisa Berndle
Lead
Louis Jourdan
Stefan Brand
Mady Christians
Frau Berndle
Marcel Journet
Johann Stauffer
Art Smith
John
Carol Yorke
Marie
Howard Freeman
Herr Kastner
JG
John Good
Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Max Ophüls's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Letter from an Unknown Woman is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
