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One scene shows the films ukrainian antiheroine, irena xenia. With joan fontaine, louis jourdan, mady christians, marcel journet. Joan fontaine gives a moving, heartfelt performance as lisa berndl, a romantic young woman who falls in love with the handsome concert pianist stephan brandt louis jourdan. Michele placido in the unknown woman 2006 alessandro haber and kseniya rappoport in the.
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