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Letter from an Unknown Woman(1948)

Music/Romance/Drama · 1h 27m

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

Description

From Max Ophuls, the legendary director of The Earrings of Madame de ... comes this deeply moving, timeless tale of love and obsession. In early 20th century Vienna, Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan) is in the process of fleeing Vienna on the eve of a duel he wants no part of, however before he can do so, he receives an anonymous Letter From an Unknown Woman. Stefan is deeply moved by what he reads and starts to realize that the letters author is Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine), a young woman he's known, but disregarded for most of his life. Screenplay by Howard Koch (Casablanca) and produced by John Houseman (Sorry, Wrong Number).

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United States

Production Company

Rampart Productions

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Cast

Max Willenz

Baggage Man (uncredited)

Leo Mostovoy

Older Man at Concert (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Concert Footman (uncredited)

Foster H. Phinney

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Joe Ploski

Moving Man (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Concert Footman (uncredited)

Tyra Vaughn

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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 (uncredited)

Harry Anderson

(uncredited)

Edit Angold

Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)

Joe Ardao

Small man (uncredited)

Lois Austin

Elderly Woman (uncredited)

Polly Bailey

Passenger (uncredited)

John T. Bambury

Midget (uncredited)

George Blagoi

(uncredited)

Betty Blythe

Frau Kohner (uncredited)

Walter Bonn

Col. Kohner (uncredited)

Sven Hugo Borg

Mover (uncredited)

Roy Bross

Porter (uncredited)

Robert W. Brown

1st Officer (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Concierge (uncredited)

Douglas Carter

(uncredited)

Donald Chaffin

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Gordon B. Clarke

Street Singer (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Carriage Driver (uncredited)

Tom Costello

Musician (uncredited)

Ashley Cowan

Callow Youth (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Large Woman Exiting Spitzer's (uncredited)

Watson Downs

Conductor (uncredited)

Tay Dunn

Young Officer (uncredited)

Al Eben

Waiter (uncredited)

John Elliott

Flower Vendor (uncredited)

Charles Fogel

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Edwin Fowler

Dancing Master (uncredited)

Curt Furberg

Butler (uncredited)

Lorraine Gale

Girlfriend (uncredited)

Joe Garcio

Collector (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Inquisitive Man at Train Depot (uncredited)

Jack George

Opera Critic (uncredited)

Lisa Golm

Musician (uncredited)

Roy Gordon

Elderly Man in Uniform (uncredited)

William Gould

Bürgermeister (uncredited)

Ilka Grüning

Ticket-Taker (uncredited)

William Hall

Mover (uncredited)

Ramsay Hill

Col. Steindorf (uncredited)

Edna Holland

Nun (uncredited)

Mauritz Hugo

Frau Spitzer's Patron (uncredited)

Doretta Johnson

Girlfriend (uncredited)

Joseph Kamaryt

Bavarian Mountaineer (uncredited)

Elizabeth Kerr

(uncredited)

Rex Lease

Station Attendant (uncredited)

William A. Lee

Mover (uncredited)

Arthur Lovejoy

Footman (uncredited)

Celia Lovsky

Flower Vendor (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Café Customer (uncredited)

John C. McCallum

Store Helper (uncredited)

Betty McDonough

(uncredited)

Hal Melone

Waiter (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Carriage Driver (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

Man on Streetcar (uncredited)

Kay Morley

Daughter (uncredited)

Fred Nurney

Officer on Street (uncredited)

Blanche Obronska

Young Woman (uncredited)

Manuel París

Baron's Second (uncredited)

Jean Ransome

Maid (uncredited)

Peggy Remington

(uncredited)

Bruce Riley

Officer (uncredited)

Paul Rochin

Bavarian Man (uncredited)

Countess Elektra Rozanska

Elegant Lady (uncredited)

Shimen Ruskin

Stefan's Friend at Café (uncredited)

Norbert Schiller

Stefan's Second (uncredited)

Bill Schroff

Waiter (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Irene Seidner

Frau Mombert (uncredited)

Jamesson Shade

Musician (uncredited)

Lester Sharpe

Critic (uncredited)

Guy L. Shaw

Café Patron (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Panorama Operator (uncredited)

Pietro Sosso

Coachman (uncredited)

Helen Spring

Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)

Lotte Stein

Musician (uncredited)

Hermine Sterler

Mother Superior (uncredited)

Cy Stevens

Man (uncredited)

Diane Stewart

Girlfriend (uncredited)

Vera Stokes

Girlfriend (uncredited)

Frieda Stoll

Burgermeister's Wife (uncredited)

Paul Peter Szemere

Mover (uncredited)

William Trenk

Fritzel (uncredited)

Lisl Valetti

Musician (uncredited)

Roland Varno

Stefan's Second (uncredited)

William Vedder

Street Singer (uncredited)

Erich von Schilling

Usher (uncredited)

Gabrielle Windsor

Ballet Girl (uncredited)

Herbert Winters

Student (uncredited)

June Wood

Cashier (uncredited)

Judith Woodbury

Model (uncredited)

Jack Worth

Officer (uncredited)

Mary Worth

Musician (uncredited)

Crew

Max Ophüls

Director

Max Ophüls

Writer

Howard Koch

Writer

Stefan Zweig

Writer

Disc Releases

Letter from an Unknown Woman (Blu-ray)
10/16/2012

Letter from an Unknown Woman (Blu-ray, Keep Case (HD Slim, Low))
12/5/2017

Letter From An Unknown Woman (DVD, Keep Case (Std.))
10/16/2012