Letter From an Unknown Woman1948
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
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Cast
as Lisa Berndle
as Stefan Brand
as Frau Berndle
as Johann Stauffer
as Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger
as Stefan Jr.
as John
as Marie
as Herr Kastner
as Porter
as Concierge
as Frau Spitzer
as Frau Spitzer
as Pretty
as Fritzel
as Col. Steindorf
as Officer on Street
as Carriage Driver
as Mother Superior
as Col. Steindorf
as Mover
as Mover
as Woman Musician
as Woman Ticket Taker
as Concierge #2
as Second
as Pretty
as Older Man
as Older Man
as Flower Vendor
as Critic
as Cafe Customer
as Elderly Woman
as Woman Musician
as Station Attendant
as Carriage Driver #2
as Frau Kohner
as Girlfriend
as Girlfriend
as Girlfriend
as Elderly Woman
as Girlfriend
as Man
as Man
as Man
as Footman
as Cafe Patron
as Cashier
as Maid
as Model
as Baron's Second
as Store Helper
as Officer
Critic Reviews for Letter From an Unknown Woman
All Critics (22) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)
Of all the cinema's fables of doomed love, none is more piercing than this.
A breathtaking, bitter, exquisitely orchestrated exploration of love and selfishness by Max Ophuls.
Its layers of interpretation and emotional meaning, combined with its impeccable style, yield an endlessly re-watchable film that changes, as film critic Molly Haskell observes, with time and with you.
...a women's picture that nonetheless turns on male chauvinism.
[Max] Ophuls' first personal project in Hollywood and he injects this exquisitely stylish romantic melodrama with his continental sensibility.
A moving weepie woman's picture.
Audience Reviews for Letter From an Unknown Woman
A man receives a letter from a woman he's known, wooed, seduced ... and forgotten. A classic Hollywood melodrama set in romantic old Vienna and handled deftly by director Max Ophuls, who keeps the usual violin chorus down to a discreet tone, allowing for a full feeling of how romance blossoms and then is carried with one. A heady potion for this chick flick about sacrifice, yearning and denial that's as close to fine wine as you'll get. Joan Fontaine and Louis Jordan embody the mood wonderfully.
Super Reviewer
One of the most heartwrenching melodramas I've seen. I actually had to contain myself from shedding tears, witnessing the passion, intensity and beauty it exudes.
Super Reviewer
Very sad, literally could not tear myself away from this one.
Super Reviewer
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