Eva mit 3 Gesichtern (1957)

Eva mit 3 Gesichtern: Directed by Nunnally Johnson. With Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Edwin Jerome. A doctor treats a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder.

“u0026#39;The Three Faces of Eveu0026#39; tells the true story of a housewife who suffers from the condition recognized as dissociative identity disorder today. Nunnally Johnsonu0026#39;s movie entirely focuses on the experience of Eve White, Eve Black and Jane during a period of a couple of years beginning from the time she started visiting her psychologist. This is unlike many of the 50s movies Iu0026#39;ve seen because it deals with several adult themes such as divorce, spousal abuse, sex and childhood trauma unlike the comparatively melodramatic films that were so popular at the time. Nunnally proves to be a fine storyteller as the meticulous writing is rich, tight and full of depth and the direction is great. I liked how he showed the u0026#39;treatment processu0026#39;. It was cleverly downplayed in the story. The execution is done with skill. u0026#39;The Three Faces of Eveu0026#39; has some outstanding nuanced performances. Lee J. Cobb is restrained as Eveu0026#39;s psychologist but it is Joanne Woodward who carries the film. She is simply sublime. Since then there have been numerous movies on dissociative identity disorder but u0026#39;The Three Faces of Eveu0026#39; is the pioneer but thatu0026#39;s not the reason why the movie ought to be watched because even as a stand alone, it works very well as a captivating character study.”