LETTER FROM AN
UNKNOWN WOMAN

Year: 1948
UK: BFI Distribution
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Art Smith, Marcel Journet, Carol Yorke, Howard Freeman, John Good
Director: Max Ophuls
Country: USA
UK: 87 mins
UK Certificate: U contains no material likely to offend or harm
UK Release Date: 12 February 2010 (Limited Re-release)


Synopsis

Set around the end of the 19th century in Vienna, LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN stars Louis Jourdan as Stefan Brand, a concert pianist who is on the point of leaving the city to evade a duel when he receives a letter from Ilse (Joan Fontaine)- a woman who is a distant memory for him despite him having had an intimate relationship with her in the past.

Adapted from the novel by Stefan Zweig, this moving film is directed by Max Ophuls.