Letter from an Unknown Woman

“This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!”

7.8/ 10 341 votes 1948-04-28 1h 27m 2 popularity

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

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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

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John Good

Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger

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