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Letter from an Unknown Woman
Set in Vienna in 1900, the movie follows young pianist, Stefan Brand, who about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
















7 January 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA

24 January 1899, Canada

20 May 1901, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

9 December 1899, Helena, Montana, USA

19 November 1885, Trinidad, Colorado, USA

8 August 1895, Lyon, Rhône, France

26 March 1919, Tracy, California, USA

22 October 1917, Tokyo, Japan

23 March 1899, Chicago, Illinois, USA

1929, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

19 January 1892, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

19 June 1921, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France



September 23, 2006
Does the job of the perfect melodrama and moves the audience to tears.
October 01, 2003
In the hands of Max Ophuls, the stuff of penultimate melodrama becomes the stuff of exquisite observation and contemplation.
November 18, 2008
One of the greatest achievements in American film.
March 19, 2004
Heartbreaking.
February 11, 2012
A moving weepie woman's picture.
August 08, 2008
Remarkable romantic drama.
June 24, 2006
Of all the cinema's fables of doomed love, none is more piercing than this.
February 16, 2010
A weepie like they don't make them like anymore.
July 04, 2009
One of Hollywood's, and cinema's, grandest and most emotionally satisfying tales of unrequited love and self-sacrifice.
March 07, 2013
...a women's picture that nonetheless turns on male chauvinism.
January 01, 2000
A breathtaking, bitter, exquisitely orchestrated exploration of love and selfishness by Max Ophuls.