Directed by:
Max OphülsScreenplay:
Howard KochCinematography:
Franz PlanerComposer:
Daniele AmfitheatrofCast:
Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Carol Yorke, Howard Freeman, Erskine Sanford, Irene Seidner, William H. O'Brien (more)Plots(1)
Set in turn of the century Vienna, this haunting tale is perhaps cinemas greatest unrequited love story and is considered to be one of Ophuls great masterpieces. Philandering concert pianist Stefan arrives home to find a letter, which begins "by the time you read this I will be dead". So unfolds the story of Lisa, one of many women with whom he had shared a brief encounter over the years and swiftly forgotten. Her life had been spent loving him unfalteringly and now he would learn the truth about his past. (Second Sight)
(more)Cast
![Joan Fontaine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348349_38905f.jpg)
Joan Fontaine
Japan
Best movies:
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Rebecca (1940)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
![Louis Jourdan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456078_b1851d.jpg)
Louis Jourdan
France
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Columbo (1971) (series)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
![Mady Christians](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505179_737ad3.jpg)
Mady Christians
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Michael (1924)
Heidi (1937)
![Marcel Journet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/078/158078100_7e6d79.jpg)
Marcel Journet
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Art Smith
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Carol Yorke
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
![Howard Freeman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922920_f8686b.jpg)
Howard Freeman
USA
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
The Killers (1946)
![Erskine Sanford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186533_fd346e.jpg)
Erskine Sanford
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Irene Seidner
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Act of Violence (1948)
![William H. O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000169_7ce976.jpg)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Graduate (1967)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
![Paul E. Burns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162679_657d94.gif)
Paul E. Burns
USA
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Spartacus (1960)
Storm Warning (1951)
Lisa Golm
German Empire
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Joe Ploski
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Stalag 17 (1953)
![Edmund Cobb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505377_72c895.jpg)
Edmund Cobb
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Mauritz Hugo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712158_ab278f.jpg)
Mauritz Hugo
Sweden
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
![Lotte Stein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426752_848a17.jpg)
Lotte Stein
German Empire
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
From Morn to Midnight (1920)
The Great Sinner (1949)
![Celia Lovsky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/163/160163419_181889.jpg)
Celia Lovsky
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
![Helen Spring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/274/160274023_9e01ea.jpg)
Helen Spring
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Caged (1950)
![Rex Lease](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/554/160554188_db386c.jpg)
Rex Lease
USA
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Brute Force (1947)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
![William Hall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/935/160935760_39061e.jpg)
William Hall
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)