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The Serpent's Egg is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Ingmar Bergman released in USA on 26 january 1978 with David Carradine
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
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Add to a movie listThe Serpent's Egg is a 1977 American-West German drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring David Carradine and Liv Ullmann. The story is set in 1920s Berlin and features English and German dialogue. This was Bergman's one and only Hollywood film. The title is taken from a line spoken by Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: And therefore think him as a serpent's egg/Which hatch'd, would, as his kind grow mischievous;/And kill him in the shell.
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Abel Rosenberg is an American Jew in Berlin after World War I. Poverty and inflation have destroyed the German economy at the time. He lives with his sister-in-law Manuela, a prostitute and cabaret performer. The story takes place in the week following his brother's death. Abel takes a job offered by an acquaintance, Professor Hans Vergerus.Actors
David Carradine
(Abel Rosenberg)
Christian Berkel
(Student)
Gert Fröbe
(Inspector Bauer)
Liv Ullmann
(Manuela Rosenberg)
Heinz Bennent
(Hans Vergerus)
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