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Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
A reviewer for The Guardian in 2010 gave this film 5 stars, and outlined it so: "A turn-of-the-century Vienna is the setting for Max Ophüls' wonderful melodrama adapted from a Stefan Zweig novella."
It stars Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan, and was on an 80s or 90s list of Morrissey's film picks.
From the opulence of settings and dress, including lots of military kit, nothing was spared to evoke sympathy for 'making the poor rich smile'. Which is the gripe I had with it. I appreciated the period extravagance and acting ability but I could not work myself up enough to care very much about this aristocrats' drama. And after what went down in the main romance and considering how long they'd been in contact, to a greater or lesser extent, that he would not recognise her even with the passage of 7 or 8 years, seemed to stretch credulity, without portraying him as almost blind or a drunkard or something. One could do worse though.
A reviewer for The Guardian in 2010 gave this film 5 stars, and outlined it so: "A turn-of-the-century Vienna is the setting for Max Ophüls' wonderful melodrama adapted from a Stefan Zweig novella."
It stars Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan, and was on an 80s or 90s list of Morrissey's film picks.
From the opulence of settings and dress, including lots of military kit, nothing was spared to evoke sympathy for 'making the poor rich smile'. Which is the gripe I had with it. I appreciated the period extravagance and acting ability but I could not work myself up enough to care very much about this aristocrats' drama. And after what went down in the main romance and considering how long they'd been in contact, to a greater or lesser extent, that he would not recognise her even with the passage of 7 or 8 years, seemed to stretch credulity, without portraying him as almost blind or a drunkard or something. One could do worse though.
