This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.
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Grave, prestige, meticulous and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Joan FontaineLisa Berndle
- Louis JourdanStefan Brand
- Mady ChristiansFrau Berndle
- Marcel JournetJohann Stauffer
- Art SmithJohn
- Carol YorkeMarie
- Howard FreemanHerr Kastner
- John GoodLt. Leopold von Kaltnegger
- Leo B. PessinStefan Jr.
- Erskine SanfordPorter
Crew
- Max OphülsDirector
- Howard E. KochScreenplay
- Stefan ZweigNovel
- Franz PlanerDirector of Photography
- Daniele AmfitheatrofOriginal Music Composer
- Ted J. KentEditor
- John HousemanProducer
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