# Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

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**Runtime**: 87 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Max Ophüls
**Written by**: Howard Koch
**Starring**: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Carol Yorke

> *This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film unafraid to suggest men are clueless. A dying woman's letter recounts her lifelong obsession with a pianist, who may or may not recall her existence. It’s quite a lot of angst based on very little evidence.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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