Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) on Netflix
In Vienna, pianist Stefan Brand plans to leave the city rather than face a duel the next morning. A letter arrives from Lisa Berndle, a woman he cannot remember.
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Plot summary
Stefan Brand, a pianist, comes home in Vienna with a duel waiting the next morning and intends to leave the city instead. His butler brings him a letter from Lisa Berndle, a woman he does not recall. In it she describes watching him as a teenager from a neighboring flat, drawn to the new tenant who plays the piano. She keeps late hours to listen to him practice, slips into his rooms when he is out, and dresses and behaves in ways she hopes will draw his notice. Her mother marries a gentleman in Linz and the family prepares to move. Lisa runs from the station back to the apartment to wait at Stefan's door, sees him come home with another woman, and returns to Linz.
Cast
- John Goodas Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger
- Sonja Brydenas Frau Spitzer
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
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- Letter from an Unknown Woman lost money for Universal on its initial release, and Bank of America repossessed the film from its producers; it was one of a series of financially unsuccessful Universal prestige films that also included Secret Beyond the Door, Lost Moment, Another Part of the Forest and Ivy.
- Censorship pushed the film version of Stefan Zweig's novella to dim its sexual content still further, even though the book had already kept that content only implicit.
