Movie: "Letter from an Unknown Woman"
| Release Date: | Apr 1948 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Romance |
| Awards | 1 win |
| Runtime: | min. |
| Cast: | Joan Fontaine (Lisa Berndle), Louis Jourdan (Stefan Brand) Mady Christians (Frau Berndle) Marcel Journet (Johann Stauffer) Art Smith (John) Carol Yorke (Marie) Howard Freeman (Herr Kastner) John Good (Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger) Leo B. Pessin (Stefan Jr.) Erskine Sanford (Porter) Otto Waldis (Concierge) Sonja Bryden (Frau Spitzer) Patricia Alphin (Pretty (uncredited)) Harry Anderson ((uncredited)) Edit Angold (Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)) Lois Austin (Elderly Woman (uncredited)) Polly Bailey (Passenger (uncredited)) John T. Bambury (Midget (uncredited)) George Blagoi ((uncredited)) Betty Blythe (Frau Kohner (uncredited)) Walter Bonn (Colonel Kohner (uncredited)) Sven Hugo Borg (Mover (uncredited)) Robert W. Brown (First Officer (uncredited)) Paul E. Burns (Concierge (uncredited)) Douglas Carter (Man (uncredited)) Donald Chaffin (Pedestrian (uncredited)) Gordon Clark (Street Singer (uncredited)) Edmund Cobb (Carriage Driver (uncredited)) Tom Costello (Musician (uncredited)) Ashley Cowan (Callow Youth (uncredited)) Helen Dickson (Large Woman (uncredited)) Watson Downs (Conductor (uncredited)) Tay Dunn (Young Officer (uncredited)) Al Eben (Waiter (uncredited)) John Elliott (Flower Vendor (uncredited)) Edwin Fowler (Dancing Master (uncredited)) Curt Furburg (Butler (uncredited)) Lorraine Gale (Girlfriend (uncredited)) Joe Garcia (Collector (uncredited)) Jack Gargan (Man (uncredited)) Jack George (Opera Critic (uncredited)) Lisa Golm (Musician (uncredited)) Roy Gordon (Elderly Man in Uniform (uncredited)) William Gould (The Bürgermeister (uncredited)) Ilka Grüning (Ticket Taker (uncredited)) William Hall (Mover (uncredited)) Ramsay Hill (Col. Steindorf (uncredited)) Edna Holland (Nun (uncredited)) Mauritz Hugo (Young Man (uncredited)) Doretta Johnson (Girlfriend (uncredited)) Joseph Kamaryt (Bavarian Mountain Climber (uncredited)) Elizabeth Kerr ((uncredited)) Rex Lease (Station Attendant (uncredited)) William A. Lee (Mover (uncredited)) Arthur Lovejoy (Footman (uncredited)) Celia Lovsky (Flower Vendor (uncredited)) Michael Mark (Cafe Customer (uncredited)) John McCallum (Store Helper (uncredited)) Betty McDonough ((uncredited)) Hal Melone (Waiter (uncredited)) Torben Meyer (Carriage Driver (uncredited)) Howard M. Mitchell (Man on Streetcar (uncredited)) Kay Morley (Daughter (uncredited)) Leo Mostovoy (Older Man (uncredited)) Fred Nurney (Officer on Street (uncredited)) William H. O'Brien (Footman (uncredited)) Blanche Obronska (Young Woman (uncredited)) Manuel París (Baron's Second (uncredited)) Joe Ploski (Moving Man (uncredited)) Jean Ransome (Maid (uncredited)) Peggy Remington ((uncredited)) Bruce Riley (Officer (uncredited)) Paul Rochin (Bavarian Man (uncredited)) Countess Elektra Rozanska (Elegant Lady (uncredited)) Shimen Ruskin (Older Man (uncredited)) Norbert Schiller (Stefan's Second (uncredited)) Bill Schroff (Waiter (uncredited)) Irene Seidner (Frau Mombert (uncredited)) Jameson Shade (Musician (uncredited)) Lester Sharpe (Critic (uncredited)) Guy L. Shaw (Cafe Patron (uncredited)) Walter Soderling ((uncredited)) Pietro Sosso (Coachman (uncredited)) Helen Spring (Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)) Lotte Stein (Musician (uncredited)) Hermine Sterler (Mother Superior (uncredited)) Cy Stevens (Man (uncredited)) Diane Stewart (Girlfriend (uncredited)) Vera Stokes (Girlfriend (uncredited)) Frieda Stoll (Burgomeister's Wife (uncredited)) Paul Peter Szemere (Mover (uncredited)) William Trenk (Fritzel (uncredited)) Lisl Valetti (Musician (uncredited)) Roland Varno (Stefan's Second (uncredited)) William Vedder (Street Singer (uncredited)) Erich von Schilling (Usher (uncredited)) Max Willenz (Baggage Man (uncredited)) Gabrielle Windsor (Ballet Girl (uncredited)) Judith Woodbury (Model (uncredited)) June Wood (Cashier (uncredited)) Jack Worth (Officer (uncredited)) Mary Worth (Musician (uncredited)) |
Storyline: In Vienna about 1900, the decadent pianist and wolf Stefan Brand is challenged for a duel by a deceived husband. He arrives in his apartment and tells his dumb butler John that he intends to leave Vienna to avoid the scheduled duel, and John delivers a letter from an unknown woman to him. He reads the letter written by his former neighbor Lisa Berndle where she tells that she was a teenager when she develops a platonic love for Stefan, who is a promising pianist compared to Mozart. Lisa worships his performances on the piano, but she moves with her family to Linz. Later she returns to Vienna as an independent young woman, having a brief affair with Stefan, who travels to Milano promising to return in two weeks. Years later, she meets him again at the opera and her passion arises again, believing that Stefan remembers her...
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