Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004 film)

Letter from an Unknown Woman
Traditional Chinese一個陌生女人的來信
Simplified Chinese一个陌生女人的来信
Hanyu PinyinYīgè mòshēng nǚrén de láixìn
Directed byXu Jinglei
Written byXu Jinglei
Based onLetter from an Unknown Woman
by Stefan Zweig
Produced byDong Ping
Xu Jinglei
Zhao Yijun
Ma Paobing
StarringXu Jinglei
Jiang Wen
CinematographyPin Bing Lee
Edited byZhang Yifan
Music byOsamu Kubota
Lin Hai
Distributed byAsian Union Film & Media
Release dates
  • September 20, 2004 (2004-09-20) (San Sebastián)
  • March 4, 2005 (2005-03-04) (China)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 2004 Chinese drama film written and directed by Xu Jinglei and is her second feature film as director after 2002's My Father and I. The film is an adaptation of Stefan Zweig's 1922 novella of the same name which was also adapted in 1948 by screenwriter Howard Koch. The film stars Xu and Jiang Wen as lovers during the 1930s and 1940s in Beijing. The film was produced by Asian Union Film & Media.

Xu Jinglei won the Best Director award for the film at the 2004 San Sebastián International Film Festival.