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The Resource Letter from an unknown woman, screenplay by Howard Koch ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Max Opuls

Letter from an unknown woman, screenplay by Howard Koch ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Max Opuls

Label
Letter from an unknown woman
Title
Letter from an unknown woman
Statement of responsibility
screenplay by Howard Koch ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Max Opuls
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • chi
  • eng
Summary
Philandering concert pianist Stefan arrives home to find a letter which begins 'by the time you read this I might be dead'. So unfolds the story of Lisa, one of the many women he had shared a brief encounter over the years and swiftly forgotten. her life had been spent loving him unflateringly and now he would learn the truth about his past. Set in the turn of the century vienna, this haunting tale is perhaps cinema's greatest unrequited love story and is considered to be one of Ophul's great masterpieces
Cataloging source
INU
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Letter from an unknown woman (Motion picture : 1948)
Language note
In English with subtitles in English and Chinese
PerformerNote
Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1917-2013
  • 1900-1951
  • 1902-1957
  • 1881-1942
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Fontaine, Joan
  • Jourdan, Louis
  • Christians, Mady
  • Ophuls, Max
  • Zweig, Stefan
Runtime
86
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Unrequited love
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Pianists
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Letter from an unknown woman, screenplay by Howard Koch ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Max Opuls
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948
  • From the novel by Stefan Zweig
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (86 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
4710667910494
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
XDVD049
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn123439240
  • (Sirsi) o123439240
  • (OCoLC)123439240
  • 617537
  • 617537
  • 1542754
  • 1542754
System details
DVD; NTSC; all-area; Dolby digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Letter from an unknown woman, screenplay by Howard Koch ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Max Opuls
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948
  • From the novel by Stefan Zweig
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (86 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
4710667910494
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
XDVD049
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn123439240
  • (Sirsi) o123439240
  • (OCoLC)123439240
  • 617537
  • 617537
  • 1542754
  • 1542754
System details
DVD; NTSC; all-area; Dolby digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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