Letter from an Unknown Woman
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| Directed by | Max Ophüls |
| Written by | Howard Koch based on a novel by Stefan Zweig |
| Starring | Joan Fontaine Louis Jourdan |
| Release date(s) | 1948 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Language | English |
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Letter from an Unknown Woman (Brief einer Unbekannten) is a novella by Stefan Zweig. Published in 1922, it tells the story of a writer who, while reading a letter written by a woman he does not remember, gets glimpses into her life story.
In 1948, it was adapted to film by Howard Koch. It stars Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians and Marcel Journet. It was directed by Max Ophüls. 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 2004 a Chinese adaptation of the novel was made. It was directed by Xu Jinglei.
[edit] External links
- Letter from an Unknown Woman at the Internet Movie Database (1948 Max Ophüls film)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman at the Internet Movie Database (2004 Jinglei Xu film)
- Text of the novella from web.archive.org
- Analyse of the film at www.filmsite.org
- Alexander Dhoest in senses of cinema
- Carla Marcantonio in senses of cinema
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