Letter from an Unknown Woman
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Letter from an Unknown Woman (Brief einer Unbekannten) is a novella by Stefan Zweig. Published in 1922, it tells the story of an author who, while reading a letter written by a woman he does not remember, gets glimpses into her life story.
[edit] Adaptations
- Film
In 1948, a film version was produced with a screenplay adaptation by Howard Koch. Starring Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians and Marcel Journet, it was directed by Max Ophüls. In 1992, Letter from an Unknown Woman was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In 2001, the TV film Lettre d'une inconnue by French director Jacques Deray became the last production of this artist.
In 2004 a Chinese adaptation of the novella was made. It was directed by Xu Jinglei.
In 2011 Mongolian film director Naranbaatar has made the film adaptation of the novella.
- Opera
In 1975, the mono-opera Письмо незнакомки (Letter from an Unknown Woman) was composed by Antonio Spadavecchia (Антонио Спадавеккиа) , and staged in the Soviet Union (and later in Russia) in Russian.
