The Serpent's Egg

feature film, 1977

DIRECTED BY: Ingmar Bergman

The Serpent's Egg

CAST:
David Carradine (Abel Rosenberg),
Liv Ullmann (Manuela Rosenberg),
Heinz Bennent (Hans Vergerus),
Gert Fröbe (inspektor Bauer),
James Whitmore (svećenik)

SCRIPT:
Ingmar Bergman

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Sven Nykvist

Synopsis:
This is Bergman’s second film in English. The story takes place in Berlin in the early 1920s. After a long period of depression Manuela’s husband commits suicide. So Manuela and her husband’s brother, Abel Rosenberg, vegetate in the post-war Berlin. By coincidence, they learn about inhumane experiments in professor Vergerus’ clinic.

color, 35 mm, 120 min