Neznankino pismo

Slovenski opis filma:

PISMO NEZNANKE ZDA, 1948 Režija: Max Ophüls Scenarij: Max Ophüls, Howard Koch, Stefan Zweig (novela) Igrajo: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan Dunaj okrog leta 1900. Nekdanji koncertni pianist Stefan Brand se pripravlja na pobeg pred dvobojem. Služabnik mu ponoči izroči pismo neznanke. Med Stefanovim branjem se pred našimi očmi odvije tragična življenjska zgodba Lise Berndle, ki v pismu izpove nesmrtno ljubezen do Stefana in naniza trenutke njunih srečanj. Spoznala sta se, ko je bila Lise še deklica, ki se je zaljubila v Stefana, svojega soseda. Kot mladenka je zanosila z njim in na skrivaj rodila otroka. V zrelih letih je Lise zaradi Stefana zapustila svojo družino. Stefan je nikoli ni prepoznal kot ženske, s katero se je poprej že srečal. Do jutra zaključi z branjem pisma in se sooči z njenim možem. Pretresljiva mojstrovina Maxa Ophulsa je definirala melodramo, veliki hollywoodski žanr iz 40. in 50. let. Melodrama je tipično „ženski“ film, govoreč o ženski preobrazbi, ki je bila v teh filmih pogosto tako psihična kot fizična, etični drži in emancipaciji. Vzcvetel je po II. svetovni vojni in tematiziral ključno povojno družbeno spremembo: preobrazbo vloge ženske v sferah javnega in zasebnega.

Originalni opis filma:

In Vienna in 1900, Stefan Brand must face a duel the following morning. He has no intention of defending his honor however and plans to flee the city when he notices that he has received a letter from someone in his past. A struggling concert pianist at the time he met Lisa Berndle when she was just a teenager living next door. Brand has had many women in his life however and unaware that Lisa is genuinely in love with him, forgets all about her. They meet again but he only vaguely remembers ever having met her. Unknown to him she bears his child and eventually marries a man who knows of her past but loves her very much. When she runs into Brand many years later her love for him resurfaces and she is prepared to abandon her son and husband for him. Tragedy follows.