Eva with the three faces
| Movie | |
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| German title | Eva with the three faces |
| Original title | The Three Faces of Eve |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Nunnally Johnson |
| script | Nunnally Johnson |
| production | Nunnally Johnson |
| music | Robert Emmett Dolan |
| camera | Stanley Cortez |
| cut | Marjorie Fowler |
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Eva with the three faces (Original title: The Three Faces of Eve ) is an American drama film directed by Nunnally Johnson from 1957 based on a true case of Chris Costner Sizemore, a woman who had dissociative identity disorder . Her case is covered in a book by Corbett Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley. The German premiere was on November 8, 1957.
action
Eve White is a quiet wife and mother who likes to stay in the background, especially since she suffers from constant headaches and blackouts. The psychiatrist Dr. Luther puts her under hypnosis. Eve's second personality emerges, the wild, excessive Eve Black. Faced with this, Eve's husband leaves her and her daughter. Through permanent therapies, a third personality is soon established in Eve, the stable Jane, who stands in the middle, so to speak.
Dr. Luther tries to reconcile the three personalities of Eve. He uncovered a tragic experience in Eve's childhood. Eve's beloved grandmother died at that time and the family members traditionally had to kiss the dead woman. Eve's sorrow and anguish then produced a second personality who now achieved things that Eve was otherwise unable to do.
With the cause of their split personality revealed, Jane (the stable personality in Eve) can now remember everything that happened to the three of them. When Dr. Luther wants to speak to Eve White, Jane explains that neither Eve White nor Eve Black exist. Now all three personalities are united in one person. Jane marries a man she met named Earl and brings her daughter Bonnie back to her home.
background
The script writers were practicing psychiatrists who described the case of Chris Costner Sizemore. Orson Welles , who played the role of Dr. Luther was supposed to play, but had to cancel due to lack of time, said after reviewing the script that the lead would win an Oscar.
Film architect Lyle R. Wheeler came to the set with an Oscar award. He had won four Oscars (1940, 1947, 1954, 1957), one followed in 1960. His colleague Herman A. Blumenthal received awards in 1964 and 1970. Together with Wheeler, designer Walter M. Scott won two Oscars in 1954 and 1957. Four more Oscars followed in 1960 (again with Wheeler), 1964, 1967 and 1970. Renié Conley was responsible for the costume design , and in 1964 she won an Oscar for Cleopatra . Special effects specialist LB Abbott won his Oscars in 1968 and 1971. In 1973 and 1977 he was also awarded a special prize by the Academy.
Reviews
The film-dienst described the film as "[a] too simple dramatic processing of a case of schizophrenia" and continued: "An acting 'tour de force' by Joanne Woodward still makes the film a gripping entertainment."
Awards
- Won:
- Best Actress - Joanne Woodward
- Won:
- Best Actress in a Leading Act - Drama - Joanne Woodward
- Won:
- Best Actress - Joanne Woodward
Web links
- The Three Faces of Eve in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Three Faces of Eve at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eva with the three faces. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 30, 2018 .