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# Letter From an Unknown Woman

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## Description

From Max Ophuls, the legendary director of THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE comes this deeply moving, timeless tale of love and obsession. In early 20th century Vienna, Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan) is in the process of fleeing Vienna on the eve of a duel he wants no part of, however before he can do so, he receives an anonymous Letter from an Unknown Woman. Stefan is deeply moved by what he reads and starts to realize that the letters author is Lisa Berndl (Joan Fontaine), a young woman he's known, but disregarded for most of his life. Screenplay by Howard Koch (CASABLANCA) and produced by John Houseman (SORRY, WRONG NUMBER).

Review: A Piece of Art... - I must say that there have been few movies (dramas) which have emotioned me so much as this work of art by master director Max Ophüls (credited as Opuls here)...only films like "Portrait of Jennie" or "Dodsworth"...this was another one-of-a-kind experience for me. I had read so much about it, that I had to SEE it...so I bought this VHS here, at desertcart.com marketplace sellers, where I've always made great transactions & had very good overall experiences, especially when it comes to obtain, these "out of stock/print", kind of elusive gems. Joan Fontaine gives what one can easily be, the most wondrous, poetic, performance, she ever gave, including "Rebecca" and "Suspicion"...Here she simply is at her very best, close to perfection...just as Jennifer Jones, gave (IMHO) THE performance of her career in the aforementioned "Portrait of Jennie". She convicingly grows from an "innocent" adolescent who falls deeply in love with an artist (Louis Jourdan), looking him, following him, listening to him, "in hiding", "in the shadows", quietly, living her life only "for/because of him"... although he's unaware of that. This obsession of hers with this man, reaches to a point where nothing makes sense to her without him. It's platonic love & adoration, taken to extreme limits, almost to the boundaries of insanity, yet so disarmingly naive and true! Louis Jourdan is equally effective, as the debonair, devil-make-care, playboy, man of the world, pianist, who realizes too late, what has been going on. Wonderful art direction, sets, mood, atmosphere, cinematography, narration...excellent "raccontos/flashbacks"...great camera work, gowns, period detail...everything is so right...especially the truth in Lisa's (Fontaine) very deep love for this man, who becomes the only reason of her life, of her "breathing", of her "existence". Max Ophüls really made a work of art, out of this movie...which by the way, I read somewhere, had a similar plot than the 1933 "Only Yesterday", which marked the debut in the american cinema, of that gorgeous actress, Margaret Sullavan; although Ophüls' film, is by far superior...'cos it "trascends" the "Tearjerker" status; it has an ethereal quality all of his own. Not since watching "Shadowlands" in March of this year, I had felt & been so moved by a film. Really, ROMANTIC, unrequited love, at his best. And I tell you, I'm not an "easy" person...in other words, I do not "emote" easily, and at the film's conclussion, I have no shame in admitting that I cried like a baby. It reached my heart & soul. This film ought to be restored and released on dvd format, since it is one of the landmark films of all time. Although I must say the Republic VHS Edition, is decent indeed.
Review: The era of aesthetics and love - Depiction of another era, of Freud and his female understanding, of the importance of love and beauty and refinement for survival,

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Contributor | Al Eben, Art Smith, Arthur Lovejoy, Ashley Cowan, Audrey Wilder, Betty Blythe, Betty McDonough, Bill Schroff, Blanche Obronska, Bruce Riley, C. Ramsey Hill, Carol Yorke, Celia Lovsky, Countess Elektra Rozanska, Curt Furberg, Cy Stevens, Diane Lee Stewart, Diane Stewart, Donald Chaffin, Doretta Johnson, Doug Carter, Douglas Carter, Edit Angold, Edmund Cobb, Edna Holland, Edwin Fowler, Elizabeth Kerr, Erich von Schilling, Erskine Sanford, Fred Nurney, Frieda Stoll, Gabrielle Windsor, George Blagoi, Gordon Clark, Guy L. Shaw, Hal Melone, Harry Anderson, Helen Dickson, Helen Spring, Herbert Winters, Hermine Sterler, Howard Freeman, Howard Mitchell, Ilka Gruning, Irene Seidner, Jack Gargan, Jack George, Jack Worth, Jamesson Shade, Jean Ransome, Joan Fontaine, Joe Ardao, Joe Garcia, John Bambury, John Elliot, John Good, John Houseman, John McCallum, Joseph Kamaryt, Judith Woodbury, June Wood, Kay Morley, Leo B. Pessin, Leo Mostovoy, Lester Sharpe, Lisa Golm, Lisl Valetti, Lois Austin, Lorraine Gale, Lotte Stein, Louis Austin, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Manuel Paris, Marcel Journet, Mary Worth, Mauritz Hugo, Max Oph ls, Max Opuls, Max Willenz, Michael Mark, Norbert Schiller, Otto Waldis, Patricia Alphin, Paul E. Burns, Paul Peter Szemere, Paul Rochin, Peggy Remington, Pietro Sosso, Polly Bailey, Ramsay Hill, Rex Lease, Robert W. Brown, Roland Varno, Roy Bross, Roy Gordon, Sam Gilmore, Shimen Ruskin, Sonja Blyden, Sonja Bryden, Sven-Hugo Borg, Tay Dunn, Tom Costello, Torben Meyer, Vera Stokes, Walter Bonn, Walter Soderling, Watson Downs, Will Lee, William Gould, William Hall, William Trenk, William Vedder Contributor Al Eben, Art Smith, Arthur Lovejoy, Ashley Cowan, Audrey Wilder, Betty Blythe, Betty McDonough, Bill Schroff, Blanche Obronska, Bruce Riley, C. Ramsey Hill, Carol Yorke, Celia Lovsky, Countess Elektra Rozanska, Curt Furberg, Cy Stevens, Diane Lee Stewart, Diane Stewart, Donald Chaffin, Doretta Johnson, Doug Carter, Douglas Carter, Edit Angold, Edmund Cobb, Edna Holland, Edwin Fowler, Elizabeth Kerr, Erich von Schilling, Erskine Sanford, Fred Nurney, Frieda Stoll, Gabrielle Windsor, George Blagoi, Gordon Clark, Guy L. Shaw, Hal Melone, Harry Anderson, Helen Dickson, Helen Spring, Herbert Winters, Hermine Sterler, Howard Freeman, Howard Mitchell, Ilka Gruning, Irene Seidner, Jack Gargan, Jack George, Jack Worth, Jamesson Shade, Jean Ransome, Joan Fontaine, Joe Ardao, Joe Garcia, John Bambury, John Elliot, John Good, John Houseman, John McCallum, Joseph Kamaryt, Judith Woodbury, June Wood, Kay Morley, Leo B. Pessin, Leo Mostovoy, Lester Sharpe, Lisa Golm, Lisl Valetti, Lois Austin, Lorraine Gale, Lotte Stein, Louis Austin, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Manuel Paris, Marcel Journet, Mary Worth, Mauritz Hugo, Max Oph ls, Max Opuls, Max Willenz, Michael Mark, Norbert Schiller, Otto Waldis, Patricia Alphin, Paul E. Burns, Paul Peter Szemere, Paul Rochin, Peggy Remington, Pietro Sosso, Polly Bailey, Ramsay Hill, Rex Lease, Robert W. Brown, Roland Varno, Roy Bross, Roy Gordon, Sam Gilmore, Shimen Ruskin, Sonja Blyden, Sonja Bryden, Sven-Hugo Borg, Tay Dunn, Tom Costello, Torben Meyer, Vera Stokes, Walter Bonn, Walter Soderling, Watson Downs, Will Lee, William Gould, William Hall, William Trenk, William Vedder See more |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 171 Reviews |
| Format | NTSC |
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 26 minutes |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Piece of Art...
*by F***A on August 4, 2004*

I must say that there have been few movies (dramas) which have emotioned me so much as this work of art by master director Max Ophüls (credited as Opuls here)...only films like "Portrait of Jennie" or "Dodsworth"...this was another one-of-a-kind experience for me. I had read so much about it, that I had to SEE it...so I bought this VHS here, at Amazon.com marketplace sellers, where I've always made great transactions & had very good overall experiences, especially when it comes to obtain, these "out of stock/print", kind of elusive gems. Joan Fontaine gives what one can easily be, the most wondrous, poetic, performance, she ever gave, including "Rebecca" and "Suspicion"...Here she simply is at her very best, close to perfection...just as Jennifer Jones, gave (IMHO) THE performance of her career in the aforementioned "Portrait of Jennie". She convicingly grows from an "innocent" adolescent who falls deeply in love with an artist (Louis Jourdan), looking him, following him, listening to him, "in hiding", "in the shadows", quietly, living her life only "for/because of him"... although he's unaware of that. This obsession of hers with this man, reaches to a point where nothing makes sense to her without him. It's platonic love & adoration, taken to extreme limits, almost to the boundaries of insanity, yet so disarmingly naive and true! Louis Jourdan is equally effective, as the debonair, devil-make-care, playboy, man of the world, pianist, who realizes too late, what has been going on. Wonderful art direction, sets, mood, atmosphere, cinematography, narration...excellent "raccontos/flashbacks"...great camera work, gowns, period detail...everything is so right...especially the truth in Lisa's (Fontaine) very deep love for this man, who becomes the only reason of her life, of her "breathing", of her "existence". Max Ophüls really made a work of art, out of this movie...which by the way, I read somewhere, had a similar plot than the 1933 "Only Yesterday", which marked the debut in the american cinema, of that gorgeous actress, Margaret Sullavan; although Ophüls' film, is by far superior...'cos it "trascends" the "Tearjerker" status; it has an ethereal quality all of his own. Not since watching "Shadowlands" in March of this year, I had felt & been so moved by a film. Really, ROMANTIC, unrequited love, at his best. And I tell you, I'm not an "easy" person...in other words, I do not "emote" easily, and at the film's conclussion, I have no shame in admitting that I cried like a baby. It reached my heart & soul. This film ought to be restored and released on dvd format, since it is one of the landmark films of all time. Although I must say the Republic VHS Edition, is decent indeed.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The era of aesthetics and love
*by B***S on May 1, 2026*

Depiction of another era, of Freud and his female understanding, of the importance of love and beauty and refinement for survival,

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It has attained the well-deserved status as one of the greatest romantic films of it's kind.
*by L***A on July 1, 2020*

Directed by the famous french director, Max Ophuls, this classic romantic film is considered a quintessential story of bittersweet unrequited love, through it's tale of imaginary romance, pinning for love, yearning, embodied in doom, delusional and illusory relationship with the self-absorbed, frivolous, concert pianist. Then the seduction that leads to a pregnancy, then to a loveless marriage to another. She would wait for hours to run into him, while he never remembered her. Both missed opportunities over a span of years, ultimately failing to attain true love. Told through flashbacks and the deathbed letter written by the wife of the man the pianist must duel at dawn. Starring Joan Fountain and Louis Jordan, as the pianist. Written by Howard Roch, previous Academy Award winner (Casablanca), adapted from the 1922 novella, by Stefan Zwelg. Joan Fountain's own production company produced the film. John Houseman, Orson Wells' former partner and un-credited co-author of Citizen Kane 1941, was the the film's producer. The DVD has no special features, but the sound is good and the picture is good.

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