I recently saw, for the third time over a space of many years, this well-made (though the background music is sometimes quite intrusive) Max Ophuls flick, based upon a Stefan Zweig tale. This time, it struck me as somewhat more complex than I had thought. Adolescent Lisa (Joan Fontaine) falls madly in love with a new neighbor, Stefan Brand, played by Louis Jourdan. (By the way, I have never understood why Jourdan did not become a bigger star than he was.) He is a successful…
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