Letter from an Unknown Woman

Max Ophüls
1948-04-28

This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!
7.8
87 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Joan Fontaine Lisa Berndle Unowned
Louis Jourdan Stefan Brand Unowned
Mady Christians Frau Berndle Unowned
Marcel Journet Johann Stauffer Unowned
Art Smith John Unowned
Carol Yorke Marie Unowned
Howard Freeman Herr Kastner Unowned
John Good Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger Unowned
Leo B. Pessin Stefan Jr. Unowned
Erskine Sanford Porter Unowned
Otto Waldis Concierge Unowned
Sonja Bryden Frau Spitzer Unowned
Patricia Alphin Pretty Girl (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Anderson Minor Role (uncredited) Unowned
Edit Angold Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited) Unowned
Betty Blythe Frau Kohner (uncredited) Unowned
Gabrielle Windsor Ballet Girl (uncredited) Unowned
June Wood Cashier (uncredited) Unowned
Judith Woodbury Model (uncredited) Unowned
Mary Worth Musician (uncredited) Unowned
Jack Worth Officer (uncredited) Unowned