History Film / LetterFromAnUnknownWoman

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[[caption-width-right:300: "If only you could have shared those moments, if only you could have recognized what was always yours, could have found what was never lost. If only..."]]

->"By the time you read this I may be dead."

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[[caption-width-right:350: "If only you could have shared those moments, if only you could have recognized what was always yours, could have found what was never lost. If only..."]]

Years pass, and Lisa is now married with a respectable man who treats her son as his own, but a chance meeting at the opera with Stefan has Lisa uncontrollably wanting him. But when she goes to his house, he doesn't even remember her. Lisa realizes that not only is her life tragic, but so is Stefan's: he had love at his fingertips, but let it slip by.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The doomed lovers.]]

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The letter starts in Vienna told by [[GirlNextDoor his former neighbor, Lisa Berndl]], who as a young girl, fell in love with him. It follows her life, and her desire for him to love her, but it's painful, unrequited love. She finally gets the chance to be with him, and she has his child, but he soon forgets who she is and is unaware of his son.

* CostumePorn: In Vienna, Lisa works as a model showing off dressing for the elite people who can afford them. This means we see a lot of beautiful dresses of that period.

* SourceMusic: Stefan plays ''Il Sospiro'' by Franz Lis, and it's a song that follows him throughout the film.

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* SourceMusic: Stefan plays ''Il Sospiro'', and it's a song that follows him throughout the film.

Based on the 1922 novella of the same name, ''Letter from an Unknown Woman'' is a 1948 film directed by Max Ophuls, starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jordan.

* DeathByDespair: With [[spoiler: Stefan Jr's]] death, and Stefan being unable to recognize his love, Lisa doesn't have much to live for [[and so it's implied that she dies this way.]]

* DeathByDespair: With [[spoiler: Stefan Jr's death]], and Stefan being unable to recognize his love, Lisa doesn't have much to live for [[and so it's implied that she dies this way.]]

* LoveHurts:

Based on the 1922 novella of the same name, ''Letter from an Unknown Woman'' is a 1948 film directed by Max Ophuls, starring Louis Jordan and Joan Fontaine. Pianist Stefan Brand comes home one night a few hours from a duel in which he has no interest in participating. Before he prepares to leave the city, he receives a letter that begins with the above quote.

A Chinese edition of this film came out in 2004/

* LoveHurts

Based on the 1922 novella of the same name, ''Letter from an Unknown Woman'' is a 1948 film directed by Max Ophuls. Pianist Stefan Brand comes home one night a few hours from a duel in which he has no interest in participating. Before he prepares to leave the city, he receives a letter that begins with the above quote.

-> "By the time you read this I may be dead."

* TearJerker

Based on the 1922 novella of the same name, Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 film directed by Max Ophuls.
Pianist Stefan Brand comes home one night a few hours from a duel he has no interest in participating in. Before he perpares to leave the city, he receives a letter that begins with the above quote.

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!!This Film Provides Examples Of:

* TearJerker

A man comes home one night a few hours from a duel he has no interest in participating in. Before he perpares to leave the city, he receives a letter that begins with the above quote.