A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a renowned concert pianist. As she grows older, her yearning for him develops into a deep and obsessive love. However, he only discovers the truth about her feelings when it is too late. Romantic drama directed by Max Ophuls, starring Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Marcel Journet, Mady Christians and Howard Freeman.

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.