Letter from an Unknown Woman: Max Ophuls, Director

by Karen Hollinger and Max Ophüls

Book Overview

The fifth title in the Rutgers Films in Print Series, "Letter from an Unknown Woman" is directed by Max Ophuls and based on the novella by Stefan Zweig. It is the story of Lisa, a young girl who rejects the constricting life of her small town and family in order to dedicate her life to a musician, Stefan. The film's elegant fin-de-siecle Viennese setting, lyrical camera work, dispassionate and ironic point of view, and fine performances by Joan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813511593
• ISBN13: 9780813511597
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.