Letter From an Unknown Woman
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"By the time you read this I may be dead." |
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Based on the 1922 novella of the same name, Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 film directed by Max Ophuls.
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.
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Tropes used in Letter From an Unknown Woman include:
- Anguished Declaration of Love: Lisa's letter to Stefan.
- The Casanova: Stefan thinks it's Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places.
- Downer Ending
- Framing Device: Lisa's letter.
- The Gay Nineties
- Love Martyr: Lisa.
- Source Music: Stefan plays Il Sospiro by Franz Liszt, which follows throughout the film.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Stefan and Lisa.
- Tall, Dark and Handsome: Stefan.
"If only you could have shared those moments, if only you could have recognized what was always yours, could have found what was never lost. If only..."