The Love Letter

1998 | 98 minutes | 6.2 ★ (26)

The Love Letter
  • Overview

    20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?

  • Release Date

    01 February 1998

  • DirectingDan Curtis
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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