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The Love Letter

The Love Letter

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 1, 1998

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Romance, Fantasy, TV Movie

User Score

62%

Original Title

The Love Letter

Production Companies

Hallmark Entertainment, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

Director

Dan Curtis

Description

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?