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Letter from an Unknown Woman. R: Ophüls [US, 1947-1948]

ID

FBW000392      Spielfilm

Land / Jahr

USA, 1947-1948

Originaltitel

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Andere Titel

Brief einer Unbekannten (deutscher Titel)

Regie

Max Ophüls (als: Max Opuls)

Produktion

Rampart Productions, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; für Universal International Pictures Co. (Universal Pictures Company, Inc.), Universal City, CA (New York, NY)

Prod. / Stab

Produzent: John Houseman; Executive Producer: William Dozier; Produktionskoordination: John Hambleton; Sekretariat: Renate Lenart; Aufnahmeleitung: Edward Dodds; Regieassistenz: John F. Sherwood (1. Assistenz), Les Warner (2. Assistenz), Mickey Bennett (2. Assistenz); Script: Adele Cannon; Drehbuch: Howard Koch; Buchvorlage: Stefan Zweig ("Brief einer Unbekannten" / Novelle); Kamera: Franz Planer (als: Frank Planer), Glenn Adams (Matte Photography); Kameraführung: David Ragin, Lloyd Ward (15.09.1947); Kameraassistenz: Walter Bluemel, Philip H. Lathrop (als: Phil Lathrop) (15. u. 24.09.1947), [Herr] Williams (23.09.1947), [Herr] Lowry (25. u. 27.10.1947), Lew Schwartz (08.01.1948), Robert Pierce (Matte Photography); Dolly: Lester Kahn, Arvid Woodin; Optische Spezialeffekte: [Herr] Hoffman, David S. Horsley (11. u. 14.10.1947), James V. King (Assistenz, 24.09.1947), [Herr] Marlett (Assistenz, 11. u. 14.10.1947), [Herr] Abeis (Technik, 24.09.1947), [Herr] Johnson (Technik, 24.09.1947), Wes Thompson (Technik, 11. u. 14.10.1947), [Herr] DeFrancis (Technik, 11. u. 14.10.1947); Standfotografie: Albert Anderson, William Wallace (27.10.1947); Beleuchtung: Tom Ouellette; Beleuchtungsassistenz: Tex Bellah; Schnitt: Ted J. Kent; Ton: Glenn E. Anderson (als: Glenn F. Anderson); Ton-Überwachung: Leslie I. Carey; Ton-Aufnahme: Martin Brown; Galgen: Frank Gorbach; Ton, div.: Ralph Butler (Mike Man, 19.-21.09.1947 u. 08.01.1948), [Herr] Tucker (Mike Man, 19.-21.09.1947), John Muchmore (Mike Man, 15.-16.10.1947); Bauten: Alexander Golitzen; Technische Beratung: Paul Elbogen; Technik (Grip): Roland Smith, Ben Hawkins (08.01.1948); Ausstattung: Ruby R. Levitt, Charles Baker; Ausstattung-Überwachung: Russell A. Gausman; Requisiten: Wally Kirkpatrick, [?] Grundstrom (Assistenz, 09.-14.09.1947), [?] Laraby (Assistenz, 15.-16.09.1947), Earl Neal (Assistenz, 27.10.1947), [?] Rosencrantz (Assistenz, 19.09.1947), Jim Phillips (Tiere u. Wagen); Spezialeffekte: [Herr] Jerowitz; Kostüme: Travis Banton; Garderobe: Virginia Tutwieler, Gene Goffin; Masken: Bud Westmore (Masken-Überwachung), Lou LaCava, John Holden (08.01.1948); Frisuren: Carmen Dirigo, Helene Parrish; Musik: Daniele Amfitheatrof; Orchestrierung: David Tamkin; Choreographie: Bert Prival; Musik, div.: [?] Rubini (Musik-Unterricht für Louis Jourdan); Casting: Mildred Gusse; Double: Norma Holm (Joan Fontaine), Phil Shepard (Louis Jourdan), Sally Wood (Mady Christians)

Darsteller

Joan Fontaine (Lisa Berndle); Louis Jourdan (Stefan Brand (vereinbart mit David O. Selznick)); Mady Christians (Frau Berndle); Marcel Journet (Johann Stauffer); Art Smith (John); Carol Yorke (Marie); Howard Freeman (Herr Kastner); John Good (Lt. Leopold von Kaltenegger); Leo B. Pessin (Stefan, Jr.); Erskine Sanford (Porter); Otto Waldis (Concierge); Sonja Bryden (Frau Spitzer); Patricia Alphin (Pretty); Willy Trenk-Trebitsch (als: William Trenk) (Fritzel); Fred Nurney (Officer on Street); Torben Meyer (Driver); Hermine Sterler (Mother Superior); C.S. Ramsey-Hill (Col. Steindorf); Will Lee (Mover); William Hall (Mover); Lotte Stein (Woman Musician); Ilka Grüning (als: Ilka Gruning) (Woman Ticket Taker); Paul E. Burns (Concierge); Roland Varno (2nd Second); Leo Mostovoy (Older Man); William Gould (The Burgomaster); Roy Gordon (Elderly Man in Uniform); Shimen Ruskin (Older Man); Celia Lovsky (Flower Vendor); Lester Sharpe (1st Critic); Edit Angold (2nd Middle aged Woman); Michael Mark (Customer); Al Eben (Waiter); Walter Soderling (Man); Lisa Golm (Woman Musician); Lois Austin (Elderly Woman); Kay Morley (Daughter); Mauritz Hugo (Young Man); Elektra Rozanska (Elegant Lady); Paul Peter Szemere (Mover); Irene Seidner (Frau Mombert); Max Willenz (Baggage Man); Edna Holland (Nun); Gordon Clark (Street Singer); William Vedder (Street Singer); Elisabeth Kerr (Woman); Helen Spring (Middle aged Woman); Betty Blythe (Frau Kohner); John Elliott (Flower Vendor); Norbert Schiller (1st Second); Mary Worth (Musician); Rex Lease (Station Attendant); Hal Melone (Waiter); Walter Bonn (Col. Kohner); Bruce Riley (2nd Officer); Blanche Obronska (Young Woman); Erich von Schilling (Usher); Jamesson Shade (Musician); Lisl Valetti (Woman Musician); Jack George (2nd Critic); Edmund Cobb (Carriage Driver); Edwin Fowler (Dancing Master); Ashley Cowan (Callow Youth); Gabrielle Windsor (Ballet Girl); Joe Garcia (Collector); John Bambury (Midget); Sven-Hugo Borg (Mover); Diane Lee Stewart (1st Girl Friend); Doretta Johnson (2nd Girl Friend); Vera Stokes (3rd Girl Friend); Lorraine Gale (4th Girl Friend); Robert Bailey (Woman Passenger); Tay Dunn (Young Officer); Doug Carter (Man); Jack Gargan (Man); Peggy Remington (Woman); Cy Stevens (Man); Arthur Lovejoy (Footman); Frieda Stoll (Burgomaster's Wife); Jack Worth (Officer); Paul Rochin (Bavarian Man); Joseph Kamaryt (Bavarian Mountain Climber); Pete Sosso (als: Pietro Sosso) (Coachman); Tom Costello (Musician); Watson Downs (Conductor); William Schroff (Waiter); Howard M. Mitchell (Man on Streetcar); Sam Gilmore (Cafe Patron); Guy L. Shaw (Cafe Patron); June Wood (Cashier); Herbert Winters (Student); Jean Ransome (Maid); George Blagoi (Man); Roy Bross (Porter); Judith Woodbury (Model); Betty McDonough (Woman); Joe Ardao (Small Man); Donald Chaffin (Donald Chaffin); Helen Dickson (Large Woman); John McCallum (Store Helper); Harry Anderson (Man); Curt Furberg (Butler); Manuel Paris (Baron's Second); Robert W. Brown (1st Officer); Carli Elinor (Austrian Band Leader)

Länge

2390,9 m / 87'23''

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Zeitangaben

- 02.09.1947-27.10.1947: Drehzeit
- 08.01.1948: Drehzeit
- 16.01.1948: Drehzeit
- 03.02.1948: Drehzeit
- 10.02.1948: Sneak-Preview, USA, Santa Ana, CA (Broadway)
- 12.02.1948: Sneak-Preview, USA, Beverly Hills, CA (Warners Beverly Hills)
- 06.04.1948: Presse-Vorführung, USA, Los Angeles, CA
- 28.04.1948: Kinostart, USA, New York, NY (Rivoli)
- 28.04.1948: Uraufführung, New York, NY (Rivoli)
- 05.05.1948: Kinostart, USA, Los Angeles, CA (Fox Ritz)
- 10.06.1948: Copyright
- 17.12.1949: Interessenten-Vorführung, BRD
- 28.01.1950: Presse-Vorführung, BRD, Frankfurt am Main (Internationale Filmallianz) DF, od. 30.01.1950
- 24.02.1950: Erstaufführung, BRD, Göttingen (Stern) DF
- 04.05.1950: Zensurdatum, BRD (FSK) Nr. 1270, ab 12, f.
- 12.05.1950: Kinostart, BRD, Berlin/West (Cinema Paris) DF
- 26.10.1958: Erstsendung, BRD, ARD DF
- 20.08.1973: TV, Wiederholung, ZDF
- 18.05.1974: TV, Wiederholung, S3
- 24.01.1980: TV, Wiederholung, N3
- 21.11.1981: TV, Wiederholung, BR3
- 29.12.1981: TV, Wiederholung, S3
- 18.02.1982: TV, Wiederholung, WDR3
- 06.05.1982: TV, Wiederholung, HR3
- 01.07.1984: TV, Wiederholung, ARD
- 00.11.1985: TV, Wiederholung, SAT1
- 30.09.1989: TV, Wiederholung, Pro7
- 05.04.1992-06.04.1992: TV, Wiederholung, Pro7
- 22.10.1992: TV, Wiederholung, Kabelkanal

Weitere Angaben

- Zensurlänge, BRD: 2382 m / 87'10''
- Tonsystem: Western Electric
- Studioaufnahmen: Universal City

Schlagworte

Kopien

- Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek, Berlin
- National Film and Television Archive (NFTA), London: 2380,65 m / 87'02''; 35mm
- Cinématheque Municipal, Luxembourg; 16mm
- Taurus, München

Materialien

- Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Madison, WI: Howard Koch Papers; Drehbuch
- UCLA, Los Angeles, CA: John Houseman Papers; Drehbuch

Literatur

- Hellmer, Kurt (als: k.h.): "Letter From Unknown Woman (Rivoli)", in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 14, Nr. 19, 07.05.1948
- H.: "At the Cinema", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 25, Nr. 7168, 21.11.1949
- Roger, Gerhard: "Ineinanderspiel. Brief einer Unbekannten", in: Film Blätter. Fachorgan der deutschen Filmwirtschaft (Berlin/West), Nr. 20, 19.05.1950
- Bacher, Lutz: Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1969
- Lippe, Richard: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", in: Velvet Light Trap, Vol. 5, Sommer 1972
- Wood, Robin: "Ewig hin der Liebe Glueck: Letter from an Unknown Woman", Personal Views. Explorations in Film, London: Gordon Fraser, 1976
- Pipolo, Tony: "The Aptness of Terminology: Point of View, Consciousness, and Letter from an Unknown Woman", in: Film Reader, Nr. 4, 1979
- "Letter from an Unknown Woman: The Dance of Time and Space", in: Cine-Monkey, Vol. 5, Nr. 1, 1979
- McVay, Douglas: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", in: Focus on Film Nr. 35, April, 01.04.1980
- Perkins, V.F.: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", in: Movie, (London), Nr. 29/30, Sommer 1982
- Salt, Barry: Stylistic Analysis of the Films of Max Ophuls. Film Style and Technoloy: History and Analysis London: Starword, 1983
- Koch, Gertrud: "Die masochistische Lust am Verkennen. Zur Rolle der Horwelt in Max Ophuls' Letter from an Unknown Woman", in: Frauen und Film (Frankfurt am Main), Nr. 39, Dezember, 01.12.1985
- Wilson, George M.: "Max Ophuls' Letter from an Unknown Woman", Narration in Light. Studies in Cinematic Point of View Baltimore / London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986
- Wright Wexman, Virginia / Hollinger, Karen (Ed.): "Letter from an Unknown Woman". New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1986
- Schleif, Helma (Red.): Berlin und das Kino. Berlin/West: Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek, 1987
- Asper, Helmut G. / Jacobsen, Wolfgang / Jansen, Peter W. / Koch, Gertrud / Naber, Hermann: Max Ophüls, Reihe Film 42; Jansen, Peter W. / Schütte, Wolfram (Hg.), München: Hanser, 1989
- Roger, Philippe: Letter from an Unknown Woman (Lettre d'une inconnue), Crisnée: Yellow Now, 1989
- Müller, Martina: "Max Ophüls - Regisseur", Cinegraph. Lexikon zum deutschsprachigen Film, Lieferung Nr. 15; Bock, Hans Michael (Hg.), München: Text + Kritik, 1989
- Wood, Robin: "Letter from an Unknown Woman: the Double Narrative", in: Cine Action, Nr. 31, printemps-été 1993
- Studlar, Gaylyn: "Masochistic Performance and Female Subjectivity in Letter from an Unknown Woman", in: Cinema Journal, Vol. 33, Nr. 3, 1994
- Asper, Helmut G.: Max Ophüls. Eine Biographie. Berlin: Bertz, 1998
- Vetter, Martina: "Zwischen Illusion und Wirklichkeit. Das musikalische Universum in Letter from an Uknown Woman und Caught", in: Filmexil (Berlin / München), Nr. 15, April, 01.04.2002

Vor- / Nachspann

- 1. WILLIAM DOZIER / PRESENTS / A / [RAMPART] / RAMPART / PRODUCTION
- 2. Joan Fontaine
- 3. Louis Jourdan / By Arrangement with David O. Selznick
- 4. Letter From An / Unknown Woman
- 5. With / MADY CHRISTIANS / MARCEL JOURNET / ART SMITH / CAROL YORKE
- 6. Screen Play by / HOWARD KOCH / From the Story by / STEFAN ZWEIG
- 7. Director of Photography / FRANK PLANER A.S.C. / Coordinator of Production / JOHN HAMBLETON
- 8. Art Direction / ALEXANDER GOLITZEN / Film Editor - TED J. KENT / Gowns - TRAVIS BANTON / Technical Adviser - PAUL ELBOGEN / Orchestrations / DAVID TAMKIN
- 9. Sound - LESLIE I. CAREY and / GLENN F. ANDERSON / Set Decorations - RUSSELL A. GAUSMAN / and RUBY R. LEVITT / Hair Stylist - CARMEN DIRIGO / Make-Up - BUD WESTMORE / Assistant Director - JOHN F. SHERWOOD / COPYRIGHT MCMXLVIII BY RAMPART PRODUCTIONS, INC. / APPROVED / BY / [mpAA] CERTIFICATE / NO. ????? [???] [Western Electric / RECORDING]
- 10. Musical Score / DANIELE AMFITHEATROF
- 11. Produced by / JOHN HOUSEMAN
- 12. Directed by / MAX OPULS
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