

Letter from an Unknown Woman
2002-12-31 · 92 min · ★ 5.2
Vienna, in the 1930s. The attractive and famous writer Albert Rank receives the letter from a stranger. He discovers that she devoted her entire life to her boundless love. In her letter, Rose looks back on a variety of meetings with Albert: Since childhood, she is slavishly in love with him and she never got away from her throughout her life. In many encounters Rank could not recognize them, even if the shared moments had been wonderful. As an adult woman, Rose's love is too painful to go on, and she has dire consequences.
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- Directors
- Jacques Deray
- Production companies
- SK-Film, Progéfi, France•3, KirchMedia, CNC
- Countries
- France, Germany, Austria
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Irène JacobRose
Christopher ThompsonAlbert Rank
Joachim BißmeierJohann
Karlheinz HacklGraf
Nina ProllMargarethe
Patricia Hirschbichler
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