Love Letters (1945)

Directed by

William Dieterle

Genre

drama film, romance film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A soldier writes love letters for a friend to a woman he has never met. After she marries the friend and he dies, the soldier returns home to find her with amnesia and suspected of murder.

romanticmysteriousmelancholicnoirishtensepoignantslow-burntragic

What happens

Love Letters is a 1945 American romantic film noir directed by William Dieterle from a screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on the novel Pity My Simplicity by Christopher Massie. It stars Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards, Cecil Kellaway, Gladys Cooper and Anita Louise. In Italy, during World War II, Alan writes eloquent letters for his fellow soldier, Roger, to Victoria—who falls in love with the letters. Roger marries Victoria and then dies. Gravely wounded, Alan eventually returns home and meets Victoria, now suffering from amnesia and going by the name of Singleton. She is suspected of Roger's murder. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including a Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination for Jones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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