The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Duration: 91 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Nunnally Johnson
Stars: Joanne Woodward, David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb
IMDb score:
7,2 (9.214)
Releasedate: 23 December 1957
The Three Faces of Eve plot
"The strangest true experience a young girl ever had."
A timid, withdrawn housewife is revealed to have a multiple personality disorder, with three opposing personalities and three different lives.
Actors and actresses
Eve White / Eve Black / Jane
Ralph White
Doctor Curtis Luther
Doctor Francis Day
Secretary
Mrs. Black
Mr. Black
Bonnie White
Earl
Eve (as a child)
Reviews & comments
BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
Impressive tour-de-force by Joanne Woodward, who, as far as I can judge, has rightly been rewarded with an Oscar. Woodward (Mrs. Paul Newman), who had previously done almost exclusively television work, pulls out all the stops and this is necessary to make the presence of three different personalities in one body plausible. It is her performance that makes this rather difficult film accessible, although the contribution of Lee J. Cobb as the psychiatrist should not be underestimated.
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scorsese
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- 12624 messages
- 10691 votes
Good film about a woman who turns out to have multiple personalities. The writers of the film are the psychiatrists who diagnosed the woman on whom this film is based. The alternation between her sessions with the psychiatrist and how it affects her personal life is not going well. But this is made up for by the strong performance of Joanne Woodward (three for the price of one).
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Collins
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- 6838 messages
- 4074 votes
Dr. Luther (Lee J. Cobb) is a psychiatrist in Georgia and is faced with a special case. A woman named Eve White (Joan Woodward) possesses a split personality. Eve White is a timid type. A submissive housewife and obedient to her husband. Her alter ego with the imaginative name Eve Black is an extrovert going out type. An interesting and difficult case to cure reveals itself to Dr. Luther.
The adventures of Dr. Luther, Eve White and Eve Black make for an entertaining film. Although the issue is generally approached seriously, the film offers room for dryly funny and ridiculous situations that ensure that The Three Faces of Eve never feels overly dramatic. The film is also based on an authentic case. I kept wondering if the genesis and healing process of that authentic case were also sprinkled with comic incidents. I doubt it.
The film is a simplified representation of the original case and takes dramaturgical liberties. Thus, the real Eve possessed more personalities. The psychotraumatic reason for the emergence of her multiple personality was also much more complex than depicted in the film. Dr. Luther's therapy with confrontations and hypnosis has also been somewhat livened up for the film. Director and writer Nunnally Johnson is forgiven. The entertainment benefits.
Good acting from Lee J. Cobb in a sympathetic role. Fantastic acting by Joanne Woodward who, in accordance with the film title, plays no fewer than three characters during the course of the film. Johnson makes a good film that alternates melodrama with lightheartedness. Sometimes poignant, sometimes funny. It's just a shame that the viewer is once again saddled with such a typical artificially manufactured Hollywood ending at the end. Furthermore, The Three Faces of Eve is a great film.
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