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Letter from an Unknown Woman (1962)

Letter from an Unknown Woman poster
Original title
رسالة من امرأة مجهولة
Directed by
Salah Abu Seif
Genre
romance, drama
Country
Egypt
Runtime
2h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman writes a letter to a man she has loved from afar for years. She recounts their brief encounters and her lifelong devotion. The man reads it and learns the story of their missed connection.

romantictragicmelancholicelegiacintimatesentimentalnostalgicslow-paced

What happens

Letter from an Unknown Woman (Arabic: رسالة من امرأة مجهولة, transliterated as Ressalah min emraa maghoula) is an Egyptian film released on October 22, 1962. The film is directed by Salah Abu Seif, based on the 1922 titular short story by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, and produced by Salah Zulfikar, while it stars Farid al-Atrash and Lobna Abdel Aziz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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