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Käärmeenpesä

Original title: The Snake Pit
  • 19481948
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Olivia de Havilland in Käärmeenpesä (1948)
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A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.

IMDb RATING
7.6/10
7.7K
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POPULARITY
19,566
96
  • Director
    • Anatole Litvak
  • Writers
    • Frank Partos(screen play)
    • Millen Brand(screen play)
    • Mary Jane Ward(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Olivia de Havilland
    • Mark Stevens
    • Leo Genn
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  • Director
    • Anatole Litvak
  • Writers
    • Frank Partos(screen play)
    • Millen Brand(screen play)
    • Mary Jane Ward(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Olivia de Havilland
    • Mark Stevens
    • Leo Genn
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 80User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Olivia de Havilland and Celeste Holm in Käärmeenpesä (1948)
    Olivia de Havilland and Mark Stevens in Käärmeenpesä (1948)
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    Olivia de Havilland
    Olivia de Havilland
    • Virginia Stuart Cunningham
    Mark Stevens
    Mark Stevens
    • Robert Cunningham
    Leo Genn
    Leo Genn
    • Dr. Mark Kik
    Celeste Holm
    Celeste Holm
    • Grace
    Glenn Langan
    Glenn Langan
    • Dr. Terry
    Helen Craig
    Helen Craig
    • Nurse Davis
    Leif Erickson
    Leif Erickson
    • Gordon
    Beulah Bondi
    Beulah Bondi
    • Mrs. Greer
    Lee Patrick
    Lee Patrick
    • Asylum Inmate
    Howard Freeman
    Howard Freeman
    • Dr. Curtis
    Natalie Schafer
    Natalie Schafer
    • Mrs. Stuart
    Ruth Donnelly
    Ruth Donnelly
    • Ruth
    Katherine Locke
    Katherine Locke
    • Margaret
    Frank Conroy
    Frank Conroy
    • Dr. Jonathan Gifford
    Minna Gombell
    Minna Gombell
    • Miss Hart
    June Storey
    June Storey
    • Miss Bixby
    Lora Lee Michel
    Lora Lee Michel
    • Virginia - Age 6
    Damian O'Flynn
    Damian O'Flynn
    • Mr. Stuart
    • Director
      • Anatole Litvak
    • Writers
      • Frank Partos(screen play)
      • Millen Brand(screen play)
      • Mary Jane Ward(based on the novel by)
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    • Trivia
      The Snake Pit compelled 13 states to change their laws concerning mental health issues following the film's release.
    • Goofs
      After the young Virginia smashes the head of the soldier doll (that reminds her of her father) into several pieces, she is later seen carrying the unbroken doll on the night of her father's death. The intact doll again appears in the apartment that she lives in as an adult. However, Virginia most likely received a new doll of the same kind when her father discovered the other one was no longer intact.
    • Quotes

      Celia Sommerville: And we're so crowded already. I just don't know where it's all gonna end!

      Virginia Stuart Cunningham: I'll tell you where it's gonna end, Miss Somerville... When there are more sick ones than well ones, the sick ones will lock the well ones up.

    • Connections
      Featured in Biography: Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Overture
      (1842) (uncredited)

      from "Tannhäuser"

      Composed by Richard Wagner

      Played at a concert

    User reviews80

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    fANTASTIC REALISTIC MOVIE
    The beginning of this movie has Virginia Cunningham sitting on bench but her not knowing where she is. She soon finds out that she is in a mental hospital. She doesn't know why she's there. She doesn't even know her husband when he appears. The only allegiance she can form is with Dr.Kik,who she trusts. This is a time when mental patients were treated horribly. May 6th seems to be the underlying problem with her mental condition. Everyone she lost seems to revolve around this date, and on the out side, she gets completely paranoid when she knows this date is coming. Through Dr. Kik's compassion and shock treatments & psychotherapy, she gets to understand why she became ill. But,that's the beginning and end of the picture. What happens in the middle(all contained in the hospital) is a memorable performance given by Olvia DeHavilland, the treatment she gets, the other patients, the nurses,the darkness of the hospital all add up to, I think one of the best movies made.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 16, 1949 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • The Snake Pit
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 2, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,000,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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