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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Snake Pit is a 1948 drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, and Celeste Holm.The film centers around Virginia Cunningham (de Havilland), a young newlywed who has had a mental breakdown and has been confined to a state psychiatric hospital. There, kindly Dr. "Kik" (Genn) tries to get to the cause of her descent into madness, while a frightened Virginia fights for her sanity. Through drugs, shock treatment, and regular talking therapy, Dr. Kik plumbs through Virginia's repressed memories to discover the past trauma that unbalanced her mind. A series of flashbacks dramatizes Virginia's mental breakdown and the events that led to it. | |
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All Psychology Is Freudian: Played utterly straight, right down to the picture of Freud in Dr. Kik's office. Dr. Kik uses electroshock therapy to jolt Virginia out of the fog of schizophrenia, but ultimately cures her by Freudian psychotherapy, talking about her childhood and helping Virginia to figure out that her mental illness is rooted in the guilt she felt as a child when her father died of kidney failure right after little Virginia wished he would go away. De Havilland's portrayal of a woman suffering from mental illness is fairly sophisticated, but the idea that one could recover from schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations without the aid of medication dates this film badly. Dr. Daniel Mackler's research indicates that it's possible in some cases. In any event, clients who believe shock treatment helped them say it has a calming, antidepressant effect. | |
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Electroconvulsive Therapy Is Torture: Played with. Originally played straight, as the electroshock treatment Virginia is submitted to is pretty scary, as of course it is from her perspective. Ultimately averted, as the electroshock treatment actually works, helping Virginia snap out of her haze and make contact with Dr. Kik. | |
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Bedlam House: Played with. The staff at Virginia's hospital are conscientious enough, but most of the nurses are pretty mean, and the hospital is overcrowded. Ward 32, where the worst cases are shown ranting and babbling in a common room, is the clearest example of a Bedlam House. Among the world-class character actresses in that scene is Celia Lovsky as Gertrude (the patient repeating German prayers). Angela Clarke is there (the Greek woman), along with Jan Clayton (the singer) and Dorothy Vaughn (the brash, bossy one). | |
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Battleaxe Nurse: While Dr. Kik is kindly and helpful, most of the nurses are mean. The worst is Nurse Davis, who obviously hates Virginia—she has an unrequited crush on Dr. Kik and resents Virginia's closeness to her doctor. At one point Nurse Davis essentially provokes Virginia into a relapse. | |
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