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Actors: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Letter from an Unknown Woman |
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Loosely based on the Stefan Zweig novel, LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN is a movie directed by Max Ophüls in 1948.
The setting is Vienna circa 1900. Louis Jourdan, a famous pianist, receives a letter from an unknown woman. In this letter, Joan Fontaine tells him first that she may be dead when he'll read it.
From the first day on Jourdan has moved in the building, Joan Fontaine, a 12 years old child then, has fallen in love with him. She's devoted her entire life to Jourdan without his noticing. Over the years, she's met him twice but he didn't recognize her the second time.
She even had a child from him she was able to raise by marrying a wealthy member of the aristocracy. But the boy dies from typhus and Fontaine, feeling that she has to die too, has decided to write this letter to the only love of her life.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Letter from an Unknown Woman |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- email/letter/phone/fax relationship
- Unprepared for birthing/child rearing
Lover is...
- someone really famous
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- General European
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Austria
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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