Letter from an Unknown Woman

Nan
1h 27m
1948
7.768 /10 (311)

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.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 1948-04-28

Top Billed 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 Girl (uncredited)

Harry Anderson

Minor Role (uncredited)

Edit Angold

Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)

Betty Blythe

Frau Kohner (uncredited)

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