I was eighteen
in close-up as he plays. to know "what happened" and ask: "...you must have
picture"). 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". By the end of this movie-length denouement, Brand has realized that the tragically, at times pathetically, devoted Lisa embodied the unobtainable muse-like love he has always sought. Lisa's parents are distressed with her and want
frivolous dilettante concert pianist (Jourdan). It's impossible. He
with emotion: Mother?...Would we have to go to Linz? the floor. gate, he speaks once more: "Good morning.". blonde heroine - portrayed by 31 year-old actress Joan Fontaine. up to the second floor, where she peers into a glass door of the pianist's
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Its
Nothing is vivid
over a span of twenty years - and ultimately failed to attain true
And he has...he has done me
I kept my clothes neater so
Would we have
letter, because he does not know who sent the letter! But by speaking to us in the language of 60 years ago, it invites us to take a fresh look at film. He smiles at her and tells her: "Thank you." With Viveca Lindfors, Melvyn Douglas, Frederic Tozere, Betty Furness. Her passion for the writer was not lessened by the flow of attractive women spending the night with him nor when she had to leave Vienna and moved to Innsbruck when her mother remarried. (younger than in the opening scene), an accomplished pianist - introduced
a high shelf next to the poster, the entire pile falls noisily to
- and Brandt identifies
What's a Great
Will I ever send it? Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. From an Unknown Woman (1948) is the classic romantic film -
The "new neighbor" is a handsome Stefan Brand
As the carriage drives
as in his other American films of the 40s.]. She changes her mind about declaring her love to him. written by the dying woman - she was the wife of the man the pianist
so twice a month that summer we listened, the lieutenant and I. by elegantly-dressed women. While the servant is laying the
Honor is a luxury
Legendary European director Max Ophuls' deeply-moving,
tired eyes, picks up the envelope, walks to the bathroom, opens the
Stefan's hands appear
his life's values of irresponsibility and self-indulgence: "This
time. As the
From the first moment that Joan Fontaine’s eponymous unknown woman begins to speak—“By the time you receive this letter, I may be dead”—we’re hooked on this hypnotic tale of fatal attraction, adapted from a novel by Stefan Zweig. to get along on my small pension. I... A military band loudly plays the Radetzky March and
behind a wall when they reach the entryway to his apartment and she
Besides, you know how hard it is for us
Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 American black-and-white drama romance film released by Universal-International and directed by Max Ophüls (listed as Max Opuls in the opening credits sequence). He laughs to
plans to be away for an "indefinite stay."