Editing Letter from an Unknown Woman (section)

===Film===
''Narkose'' (1929), the first adaptation, is a German [[expressionist]] [[silent film]] that was directed by [[Alfred Abel]] and written by [[Béla Balázs]]. Here the story of the female protagonist is told through a [[dream sequence]] while she is under [[anesthesia]] in a maternity ward. The film survives only in fragmentary form.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Naremore |first=James |title=Letter from an Unknown Woman (BFI Film Classics) |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] |year=2021 |isbn=9781839022340 |location=London |pages=5–6}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Abel |first=Alfred |title=Narkose |date=1930-03-31 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020206/ |type=Drama |access-date=2024-01-14 |others=Renée Héribel, Jack Trevor, Alfred Abel |publisher=G.P. Film GmbH}}</ref>

''[[Only Yesterday (1933 film)|Only Yesterday]]'', a 1933 American movie directed by [[John M. Stahl]], was heavily inspired by Zweig's story, while not giving it the credits.<ref>{{cite web |title=Only Yesterday {{!}} Metrograph |url=https://nyc.metrograph.com/film/film/2818/only-yesterday |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=nyc.metrograph.com}}</ref>

Another unofficial adaptation came out in 1943, the Finnish ''Valkoiset ruusut'' (''White Roses''), starring [[Helena Kara]] and [[Tauno Palo]] and directed by [[Hannu Leminen]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Iverson |first1=Gunnar |last2=Soderbergh Widding |first2=Astrid |last3=Soila |first3=Tytti |title=Nordic National Cinemas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7zKIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 |publisher=Routledge |date=2005-07-19 |pages=55 |isbn=978-1-134-89177-1}}</ref>

In 1948, the first official [[Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film)|film version]] was produced, with a screenplay adaptation by [[Howard Koch (screenwriter)|Howard Koch]]. Starring [[Joan Fontaine]], [[Louis Jourdan]], [[Mady Christians]] and [[Marcel Journet]], it was directed by [[Max Ophüls]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Hoberman |first=J. |date=2017-12-13 |title=Obsession, Unspoken and Unacknowledged: 'Letter From an Unknown Woman' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/movies/letter-from-an-unknown-woman-max-ophuls.html |access-date=2022-05-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dennis |first=Charles |title=Letter from an Unknown Woman |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/835-letter-from-an-unknown-woman |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Criterion Collection}}</ref> In 1992, ''Letter from an Unknown Woman'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complete National Film Registry Listing {{!}} Film Registry {{!}} National Film Preservation Board {{!}} Programs {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>

In 1957, a Mexican version called ''Feliz Año, Amor Mío'', starring [[Marga López]] and [[Arturo de Córdova]], was released.

In 1962, an Egyptian adaptation, ''[[Letter from an Unknown Woman (1962 film)|Ressalah min emraa maghoula]],'' was released. It was directed by [[Salah Abu Seif]] and starred [[Farid al-Atrash]] and [[Lobna Abdel Aziz]].

In 2001, the TV film ''[[Lettre d'une inconnue]]'' by French director [[Jacques Deray]] became the last production of this artist.

In 2004, a [[Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004 film)|Chinese adaptation]] of the novella was made. It was directed by [[Xu Jinglei]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig |url=http://www.harvardreview.org/book-review/the-collected-stories-of-stefan-zweig/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Harvard Review |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2011, [[Mongolia]]n film director [[Naranbaatar]] made a film adaptation of the novella.