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Not-on-DVD Letter from an Unknown Woman Criterion #151 Rare LaserDisc Drama

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Letter from an Unknown Woman Criterion #151 Rare LaserDisc Drama

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Letter from an Unknown Woman

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1293L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948 - 89 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Perhaps the finest American film from the famed European director Max Ophüls, the film stars Joan Fontaine as a young woman who falls in love with a concert pianist. Set in Vienna in 1900, the story is told in a complex flashback structure as the pianist, Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan), comes upon a letter written to him by Lisa Berndl (Fontaine), a girl who has been in love with him for years. Stefan is in the process of fleeing Vienna on the eve of fighting a duel. As he prepares himself for the nocturnal journey, the letter arrives. It begins, "By the time you read this letter, I may be dead." As Stefan sits back in his study to read this letter, it turns out to be a confession of unrequited love from Lisa. The story flashes backs to when Lisa was 14 years old and Stefan was her neighbor. After following Stefan with a girlish obsession, the romance gets much more serious, and they have a brief encounter. Stefan promises to come back to her after a concert tour, but he never does. Meanwhile, Lisa marries another man when she discovers that she is pregnant with Stefan's child. When she runs into Stefan years later, he doesn't remember her and tries to seduce her. After Stefan reads the letter, he wants to rush to her side, but now poor Lisa is dying from typhus. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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Cast for Letter from an Unknown Woman

Joan Fontaine
Louis Jourdan
Mady Christians
Marcel Journet
Art Smith
Carol Yorke
Howard Freeman
John Good
Leo B. Pessin
Erskine Sanford
Otto Waldis
Sonja Bryden

Crew for Letter from an Unknown Woman

Producer John Houseman
Writer Howard Koch
Cinematographer Franz Planer
Composer Daniele Amfitheatrof
Costume Designer Travis Banton
Director Max Ophüls
Editor Ted J. Kent
William Dozier
Paul Elbogen
John Hambleton
Writer Stefan Zweig

Feature Details

Title: Letter from an Unknown Woman
Feature Release Date: 1948
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 89 Minutes
Chapters: 42
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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LD Release Date: 18 May 1992
Catalog Number: CC1293L
UPC: 715515002745
ISBN: 155940227X
Manufacturer: Technidisc
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1293L
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with a split

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1293L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948 - 89 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Perhaps the finest American film from the famed European director Max Ophüls, the film stars Joan Fontaine as a young woman who falls in love with a concert pianist. Set in Vienna in 1900, the story is told in a complex flashback structure as the pianist, Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan), comes upon a letter written to him by Lisa Berndl (Fontaine), a girl who has been in love with him for years. Stefan is in the process of fleeing Vienna on the eve of fighting a duel. As he prepares himself for the nocturnal journey, the letter arrives. It begins, "By the time you read this letter, I may be dead." As Stefan sits back in his study to read this letter, it turns out to be a confession of unrequited love from Lisa. The story flashes backs to when Lisa was 14 years old and Stefan was her neighbor. After following Stefan with a girlish obsession, the romance gets much more serious, and they have a brief encounter. Stefan promises to come back to her after a concert tour, but he never does. Meanwhile, Lisa marries another man when she discovers that she is pregnant with Stefan's child. When she runs into Stefan years later, he doesn't remember her and tries to seduce her. After Stefan reads the letter, he wants to rush to her side, but now poor Lisa is dying from typhus. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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Cast for Letter from an Unknown Woman

Joan Fontaine
Louis Jourdan
Mady Christians
Marcel Journet
Art Smith
Carol Yorke
Howard Freeman
John Good
Leo B. Pessin
Erskine Sanford
Otto Waldis
Sonja Bryden

Crew for Letter from an Unknown Woman

Producer John Houseman
Writer Howard Koch
Cinematographer Franz Planer
Composer Daniele Amfitheatrof
Costume Designer Travis Banton
Director Max Ophüls
Editor Ted J. Kent
William Dozier
Paul Elbogen
John Hambleton
Writer Stefan Zweig

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