Movie Trailer for Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) starring Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet directed by Max Ophüls Movie Review

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Certificate

Length

86 mins

Genre

Drama, Romance

Director

Max OphÃ¼ls

Cast

Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet

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Trailer for Letter from an Unknown Woman

Vienna, about 1900, former concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan - Three Coins in the Fountain) returns home the night before he is set for a duel, but he has no plans of being there in the morning and instructs his servant to pack his backs. But he is handed a letter, a letter which was dropped off for him and before he knows it he is engrossed in this long letter from an unknown woman. The letter is from Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine) and explains how from the first time she saw him she fell in love, how as an adult she still loved him and after a brief romance ended up having his child. Yet despite her life of love for him he never knew her, never remembered her or knew about their child. ... Read Review

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