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product_id: 38574597
title: "The Snake Pit"
brand: "olivia de havillandmark stevensanatole litvak"
price: "400 kr"
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reviews_count: 13
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# The Snake Pit

**Brand:** olivia de havillandmark stevensanatole litvak
**Price:** 400 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Snake Pit by olivia de havillandmark stevensanatole litvak
- **How much does it cost?** 400 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

A powerful and poignant film with Olivia De Havilland starring as a frightened irrational woman who must face the secrets of her past before she can be cured. Based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress--Olivia De Havilland, Best Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Sound Recording.

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## Customer Reviews

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    Olivia de Havilland at her best.
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2011*

"The Snake Pit", based on a semi-autobiographical novel by, is a compelling human drama filmed in 1948 under the auspices of director Anatole Litvak.  It features one of the strongest performances of Oliva de Havilland, one of the best working actresses of the 1940s.  There are obvious similarities to 1975's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", a more famous film and probably the greater work of art (though perhaps not the more balanced portrayal of mental institutions and mental illness).  Spoilers follow.One should begin by noting that the description of the film might lead you to assume that the film is completely different from what it actually is.  The description is "a woman wakes up in a mental institution and can't remember how she got there", which suggests something akin to the Halle Berry film "Gothika", about a sane woman who finds herself the victim of a conspiracy.  That is not the case:  indeed, this is something considerably rarer than that, a story told from the perspective of someone with a mental illness.  Films generally don't do this this, because they have issues with translating that sort of perspective to the screen (in a way that novels don't).Litvak, however, keeps the focus squarely on de Havilland's Virginia, whose confusion and paranoia guides her actions throughout the whole production.  It is extraordinarily effective at putting us inside her thought process, and the viewer can even understand many of her interpretations of her surroundings.  The film also strongly critiques many aspects of the mental health system as it was practiced in the 1940s, though there is no equal to Nurse Ratched here.Indeed, I would say that the main flaw of the film is the general blandness of the supporting cast, who stand fairly far in the background in comparison to de Havilland.  This film did not win her her second Oscar (that would come the following year for William Wyler's "The Heiress"), but it arguably should have (and it's a far better performance than the film that won her her first Oscar).

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Just a rental
  

*by H***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2023*

I rented this on a recommendation from a friend.  Actually, not worth the rental money.  It wasn't as intriguing as I thought it would be.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Wonderful!
  

*by N***2 on Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2022*

I can remember seeing this movie when I was a teenager. All the emotions good and bad. I especially remember the song “Going Home” that was sung towards the end of the movie. We have come a long way in the treatment of the mentally ill. Thank God!

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