Director Max Ophüls' second American feature, set in fin-de-siècle Vienna, chronicles a woman's obsession with a charming, womanizing concert pianist who trifles with her, never feeling the love she faithfully bears for him over many years. Ophüls’ elegant storytelling, shuttling through time via flashbacks, long takes, and intricate narrative and visual repetitions, resulted in one of the most lauded works of his career.
35mm, b/w, 87 min. Production: Rampart Productions, Inc. Distribution: Universal Pictures Company, Inc. Director: Max Ophüls. Based on the novel Brief einer Unbekannten by Stefan Zweig. Screenwriter: Howard Koch. Cinematographer: Frank Planer. Editor: Ted J. Kent. With: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith.
