Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

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Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
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Author Stefan Zweig
Original titleVierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau
Translator Eden Paul
Cedar Paul
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
PublisherInsel-Verlag
Publication date
1927
Published in English
1927

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (German : Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau) is a 1927 novella by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. [1] It was filmed in 1931, 1944, 1952, 1968, and 2002. [2] [3] A television movie was telecast in 1961 starring Ingrid Bergman and Rip Torn. [4]

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Rip Torn and Ingrid Bergman in Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (CBS-TV, March 20, 1961) Rip Torn & Ingrid Bergman 24 Hours in a Woman's Life promo.jpg
Rip Torn and Ingrid Bergman in Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (CBS-TV, March 20, 1961)

"It traces a woman through a single day, but that day is simultaneously the most vividly wonderful and ultimately terrible of her life. She is an English widow who becomes mesmerised by the almost suicidally reckless gambling of a failed Polish diplomat one evening in Monte Carlo. From this first spark of interest, she is drawn into his troubled, unstable life." [5]

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  2. "Ving-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme (1968)". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
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  4. Jack Gould, "Star Makes Second Major Appearance: But Play Is Held Not Up to Her Talents," New York Times (Mar. 21, 1961), p. 75.
  5. James Morrison (2014-03-10). "Stefan Zweig". Bookslut. Retrieved 2014-04-06.