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The Serpent's egg (Ormens ägg), 1977
1h 59m
Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg seeks refuge in the apartment of his former sister-in-law Manuela, who works in a cabaret at night and in a brothel in the morning. He attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
Script by: Ingmar Bergman
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist
Main cast: Liv Ullmann, David Carradine, Gert Fröbe, Heinz Bennet
Digitally renovated in 2017. In English, sub-titles in Swedish.