Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Joan Fontaine: Lisa Berndle

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• Lisa Berndl : The course of our lives can be changed by such little things. So many passing by, each intent on his own problems. So many faces that one might easily have been lost. I know now that nothing happens by chance. Every moment is measured; every step is counted.

• Lisa Berndl : Now I'm alone. My head throbs and my temples are burning. Perhaps God has been kind, and I too have caught the fever. If this letter reaches you, believe this - that I love you now as I've always loved you. My life can be measured by the moments I've had with you and our child. If only you could have shared those moments, if only you could have recognized what was always yours, could have found what was never lost. If only...

• Lisa Berndl : Oh, if only you could've recognized what was always yours, could've found what was never lost. If only...

• Stefan Brand : Promise me something.

  Lisa Berndl : Anything.

  Stefan Brand : And I don't even know where you live. Promise me you won't vanish.

  Lisa Berndl : I won't be the one who vanishes.

• Lisa Berndl : Suddenly in that one moment, everything was in danger, everything I thought was safe. Somewhere out there were your eyes... and I knew I couldn't escape them. It was like the first time I saw you. The years between were melting away.

• Stefan Brand : [When leaving for Milan]  Say Stefan, the way that you said it last night.

  Lisa Berndl : ...Stefan

  Stefan Brand : It's as though you've said it all your life.