Letter from an Unknown Woman (Lettre d'une inconnue)

Directed by Max Ophüls

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Vienna, 1900. The fifteen-year-old Lisa Berndle falls madly in love with Stefan Brand, a charming concert pianist ten years her senior.. While Stefan barely notices her, Lisa’s love grows into an all-consuming obsession. Years later, after living in another city, she returns to Vienna hoping to see him again, and they share a brief romance. What feels like a dream come true to Lisa is, for Stefan, little more than a passing memory - until a letter draws them back together. ‘Letter from an Unknown Woman’ is based on a book by Stefan Zweig with the same name.

Movie duration
87 min
Cast
Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians
Screenwriter
Howard Koch, Stefan Zweig, Max Ophüls
Director of Photography
Franz Planer
Country
United States
Genres
drama, tragedy, romance
Language
English
Subtitles
Dutch
Label

Festival de Cannes 2021

Cannes Classics, 2021