Letter from an Unknown Woman

Apr 28, 1948

1h 27m

★ 7.8

This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!

Overview

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Rampart Productions

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Lisa Berndle

Joan Fontaine

Stefan Brand

Louis Jourdan

Frau Berndle

Mady Christians

Johann Stauffer

Marcel Journet

John

Art Smith

Marie

Carol Yorke

Herr Kastner

Howard Freeman

Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger

John Good

Stefan Jr.

Leo B. Pessin

Porter

Erskine Sanford

Concierge

Otto Waldis

Frau Spitzer

Sonja Bryden

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