Letter From an Unknown Woman
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Cast & Crew
Xu Jinglei
Xu Jinglei
Wen Jiang
Huang Jue
Lin Hai
Xu Jinglei
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Synopsis
In 1948 Peking, a man rides home through a war-ridden city. A letter waits for him at home. It's a letter written by a woman before her death. In it, she tells him that she loves him, a lifelong passion that hasn't lessened with time, but of which he knew nothing. He recalls their short but passionate young love, the difficulties she had in raising their child, and their last meeting at which he didn't recognize her. Shaken by the letter, the man searches his memory for the nameless woman.
Director
Xu Jinglei
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Silver Shell for Best Director at the 2004 San Sebastian Film Festival.
Released in United States September 2004
Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival September 17-25, 2004.
Shown at Telluride Film Festival (Max Ophuls Tribute) August 29 - September 1, 1997.
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival September 17-25, 2004.)
Based on the novel "Brief einer unbekannten" by Stefan Zweig and the English-language translation "Letter from an Unknown Woman" by Eden and Cedar Paul (New York, 1932).
Chinese remake of "Letters From an Unknown Woman" (USA/1948) directed by Max Ophuls; starring Joan Fontaine.
"Letter from an Unknown Woman" was the first film produced by Rampart Productions, an independent company formed by Joan Fontaine and her then husband, William Dozier.
Selected in 1992 for inclusion in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.
