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Letter from an Unknown Woman
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Based on the 1922 novella of the same name, Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 film directed by Max Ophuls, starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan.Pianist Stefan Brand comes home one night a few hours from a duel in which he has no interest in participating. Before he prepares to leave the city, he receives a letter that begins with the above quote.The letter is told by his former neighbor, Lisa Berndl, who as a young girl, fell in love with him. It follows her life in Vienna, and her desire for him to love her, but it's painful, unrequited love. She finally gets the chance to be with him, and has his child, but he soon forgets who she is and is unaware of his son.Years pass, and Lisa is now married with a respectable man who treats her son as his own, but a chance meeting at the opera with Stefan has Lisa uncontrollably wanting him. But when she goes to his house, he doesn't even remember her. Lisa realizes that not only is her life tragic, but so is Stefan's; he had love at his fingertips, but let it slip by.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })A Chinese edition of this film came out in 2004. | |
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Anguished Declaration of Love | |
Letter from an Unknown Woman / int_361a1d26 | comment |
Anguished Declaration of Love: Lisa's letter to Stefan provides the narration for most of the story, making the entire movie this. | |
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Costume Porn | |
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Costume Porn: In Vienna, Lisa works as a model showing off dresses for the elite people who can afford them. This means we see a lot of beautiful dresses of that period. | |
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Flower Motifs | |
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Flower Motifs: Stefan, on his first date with Lisa, gets her one white rose which represents Lisa pure, unadulterated love. Once she finds Stefan again, she brings him a bundle of white roses so he can remember her, but alas, he doesn't. | |
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Book-Ends: The film begins and ends with Stefan being escorted to/from his home in a carriage. | |
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The Casanova | |
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The Casanova: Stefan. Although he himself seems to think it's Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places. | |
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Death by Despair | |
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Death by Despair: With Stefan Jr's death, and Stefan being unable to recognize his love, Lisa doesn't have much to live for and so it's implied that she dies this way. | |
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