Letter from an Unknown Woman
“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.
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Cast
21 people
Joan Fontaine
Lisa Berndle
Known for
Rebecca
Suspicion
Louis Jourdan
Stefan Brand
Known for
Octopussy
Swamp Thing
Mady Christians
Frau Berndle
Known for
Heidi
Marcel Journet
Johann Stauffer
Known for
Elevator to the Gallows
Art Smith
John
Known for
In a Lonely Place
Ride the Pink Horse
Carol Yorke
Marie
No other roles listed
Howard Freeman
Herr Kastner
Known for
The Blue Dahlia
The Snake Pit
John Good
Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger
Also in
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Ruthless
Leo B. Pessin
Stefan Jr.
Erskine Sanford
Porter
Known for
Citizen Kane
The Magnificent Ambersons
Otto Waldis
Concierge
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Sonja Bryden
Frau Spitzer
Max Ophüls Director · Howard E. Koch Screenplay Stefan Zweig Author
United States release April 28, 1948 · Produced in United States · Production Rampart Productions, Universal International Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Rampart Productions
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 28, 1948
Theatrical
Italy
December 13, 1948 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 24, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Russia
August 21, 1961 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 13, 1948 · Theatrical
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