Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Directed by

Max Ophüls

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

Btl

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 345 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman writes a letter to a man who never recognized her love. It tells the story of her lifelong devotion from a distance.

melancholicelegiacintimateromanticslow-burnbittersweetvisually lushemotional

What happens

Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 American romantic melodrama film released by Universal-International and directed by Max Ophüls (listed as Max Opuls in the opening credits sequence). It was based on the 1922 novella of the same name by Stefan Zweig. The film stars Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, and Marcel Journet. In 1992, Letter from an Unknown Woman was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In July 2021, the film was shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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