Film, Video Web Page Letter from an unknown woman

Title

• Letter from an unknown woman

Summary

• A brooding, romantic tragedy set in Vienna and told in flashback. Lisa Berndia is a woman with a lifelong unrequited love for the dashing, yet callous, concert pianist, Stefan Brand, who betrays and forgets her. On her deathbed, she writes him a letter, which he reads on the eve of a duel with Lisa's jealous husband.

Names

• Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957, direction.
• Houseman, John, 1902-1988, production.
• Koch, Howard, writing.
• Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013, cast.
• Jourdan, Louis, cast.
• Christians, Mady, 1900-1951, cast.
• Journet, Marcel, cast.
• Smith, Art, 1899-1973, cast.
• Yorke, Carol, 1929-1967, cast.
• Freeman, Howard, 1899-1967, cast.
• Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942.
• Rampart Productions.
• Universal-International (Firm)
• Voyager Company.
• Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
• LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
• AFI Theatre Collection (Library of Congress)
• Republic Pictures Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• United States : Universal-International, 1948 ; United States : The Voyager Company, [1992]

Headings

• -  Unrequited love--Drama
• -  Betrayal--Drama
• -  Jealousy--Drama

Genre

• Romance films
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Videodiscs

Notes

• -  LP1916 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Copyright: Rampart Productions, Inc.; 10Jun48; LP1916.
• -  Copyright notice on videodisc jacket: The Voyager Company ; 1992.
• -  Editor, Ted J. Kent ; director of photography, Franz Planer ; art direction, Alexander Golitzen ; musical score, Daniele Amfitheatrof ; orchestrations, David Tamkin ; executive producer, William Dozier.
• -  Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Carol Yorke, Howard Freeman.
• -  LC videodisc viewing copies are reissues; reissue date is from videodisc jacket.
• -  Series title applies only to videodisc copies.
• -  Summary from disc jacket and M/B/RS Descriptions file.
• -  On disc jacket: catalog no. CC1293L.
• -  Based on the story, Letter from an unknown woman, by Stefan Zweig.
• -  LC also holds a version with new introduction in the Copyright Collection.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Not viewed.
• -  Sources used: videodisc jacket; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1940-194; Internet movie database.
• -  Theatrical projection print designated non-viewing 2008-12-10; see MAVIS 1162208-2.

Medium

• viewing copy 1 videodisc of 1 (optical) (ca. 89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in.
• viewing copy (copy 2) 1 videodisc of 1 (optical) (ca. 89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in.
• viewing print 10 film reels of 10 on 5 (ca. 89 min., ca. 8,010 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• DAA 2183 (viewing copy)
• DAA 2900 (viewing copy, copy 2)
• FGF 2185-2189 (viewing print)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 96519686

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/96519686

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record