Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film)
Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 American drama romance film released by Universal-International and directed by Max Ophüls. It was based on the 1922 novella of the same name by Stefan Zweig. The film stars Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, and Marcel Journet (actor).
Theatrical release poster
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world.
Stefan Zweig (standing) in Vienna with his brother Alfred (1879–1977), c. 1900
Street named after Zweig in Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro
Barbituates from Bayer in glass tubes with cork caps - 10 tablets probably produced around 1940
Surviving copy of Zweig's novel Amok (1922) burned by Nazis