09 May 1996
Ridicule
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Letter from an Unknown Woman
This is the love every woman lives for…the love every man would die for!
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.
Top Billed Cast
Joan Fontaine Lisa Berndle
Louis Jourdan Stefan Brand
Mady Christians Frau Berndle
Marcel Journet Johann Stauffer
Art Smith John
Carol Yorke Marie
Howard Freeman Herr Kastner
John Good Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger
Leo B. Pessin Stefan Jr.
Erskine Sanford Porter
Otto Waldis Concierge
Sonja Bryden Frau Spitzer
Patricia Alphin Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Harry Anderson Minor Role (uncredited)
Edit Angold Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)
Betty Blythe Frau Kohner (uncredited)
Gabrielle Windsor Ballet Girl (uncredited)
June Wood Cashier (uncredited)
Judith Woodbury Model (uncredited)
Mary Worth Musician (uncredited)
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