The Serpent's Egg
Brief Synopsis
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Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg follows a week in the life of Abel Rosenberg, an out-of-work American circus acrobat living in poverty-stricken Berlin following Germany's defeat in World War I. When his brother commits suicide, Abel seeks refuge in the apartment of an old acquaintance Professor Veregus. Desperate to make ends meet in the war-ravaged city, Abel takes a job in Veregus' clinic, where he discovers the horrific truth behind the work of the strangely beneficent professor and unlocks the chilling mystery that drove his brother to kill himself.
Cast & Crew
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Ingmar Bergman
Director
Charles Regnier
Emil Feist
Toni Berger
Paul Burian
Heide Picha
Film Details
Also Known As
Schlangenei, Das, Serpent's Egg
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Period
Release Date
1977
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Synopsis
Manuela and Abel Rosenberg are Jewish trapeze artists who are stranded in Berlin in the early 1920s. A series of events results in their being sent to a medical clinic, but the clinic is in fact a place for "racial" experiments which either kill the subjects or drive them mad.
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Director
Cast
Charles Regnier
Emil Feist
Toni Berger
Paul Burian
Heide Picha
Kyra Mladeck
Christian Berkel
Gunther Malzacher
Paul Burks
Ellen Umlauf
Isolde Barth
Beverly Mcneely
Walter Schmidinger
David Carradine
Gaby Dohm
Wolfgang Weiser
James Whitmore
Heinz Bennent
Rosemarie Heinikel
Edith Heerdegen
Hertha Von Walther
George Hartman
Gert Froebe
Renate Grosser
Hildegard Busse
Richard Bohne
Liv Ullmann
Erna Brunell
Heino Hallhuber
Andrea L'arronge
Humbert Mittendorf
Harry Kalenberg
Gunter Meisner
Hans Eichler
Glynn Turman
Paula Braend
Grischa Huber
Lisi Mangold
Irene Steinbeisser
Fritz Strassner
Crew
Werner Achmann
Art Director
Franz Achter
Unit Manager
Gunther Adlmuller
Camera Assistant
Marta Basedow
Makeup
Marta Basedow
Hair
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects
Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay
Ingmar Bergman
From Story
Gerda Bublitz
Hair
Gerda Bublitz
Makeup
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Ariane Dohmel
Makeup
Ariane Dohmel
Hair
Evelyn Dohring
Makeup
Evelyn Dohring
Hair
Hermann Fahr
Camera Assistant
Charlotte Flemming
Costumes
Georg Focking
Production Manager
Norbert Friedlander
Camera Assistant
Dagmar Friedrich
Hair
Dagmar Friedrich
Makeup
Gerhard Fromm
Camera Assistant
Rudolf Geiger
Unit Manager
Koehler Gernot
Camera Assistant
Franz Gobel
Makeup
Franz Gobel
Hair
Heino Hallhuber
Choreographer
Ute Hanow
Hair
Ute Hanow
Makeup
Marie Luise Hantsch
Makeup
Marie Luise Hantsch
Hair
Bernd Heinl
Camera Assistant
Jutta Hering
Editor
Willi Hormandinger
Special Effects
Babette Juli
Hair
Babette Juli
Makeup
Helga Kempke
Hair
Helga Kempke
Makeup
Ute Klimke
Costumes
Erika Konig
Makeup
Erika Konig
Hair
Susi Krause
Makeup
Susi Krause
Hair
Mathilde Kulanek
Makeup
Mathilde Kulanek
Hair
Wieland Liebske
Assistant Director
Dietrich Lohmann
Photography
Albin Low
Hair
Albin Low
Makeup
Werner Luhring
Camera Assistant
Theodor Maier
Makeup
Theodor Maier
Hair
Theo Muller
Sound
Armin Munch
Sound
Daniel Nebenzal
Sound
Sven Nykvist
Director Of Photography
Dieter Ortmaier
Special Effects
Hedi Polensky
Hair
Hedi Polensky
Makeup
Naksiye Prenovic
Hair
Naksiye Prenovic
Makeup
Georg Rasche
Makeup
Georg Rasche
Hair
Peter Rohe
Photography
Ursula Schaffert
Makeup
Ursula Schaffert
Hair
Horst Scheerbarth
Unit Manager
Raimund Stangl
Makeup
Raimund Stangl
Hair
Alois Steckermeier
Makeup
Alois Steckermeier
Hair
Herbert Strabel
Art Director
Egon Strasser
Costumes
Friedrich Thaler
Scenic Artist
Eva Uhl
Hair
Eva Uhl
Makeup
Karsten Ulrich
Sound
Petra Von Oelffen
Editor
Horst Wendlandt
Executive Producer
Harry Wilbert
Unit Manager
Rolf Wilhelm
Music
Alexander Witt
Camera Assistant
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Designer
Film Details
Also Known As
Schlangenei, Das, Serpent's Egg
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Period
Release Date
1977
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Quotes
Trivia
Dustin Hoffman was offered the lead role but turned it down.
DirTrade(Ingmar Bergman): [name]: Last name Vergerus.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1977
Released in United States 1977
