---
title: 'The Serpent''s Egg (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ingmar Bergman'
released: '1977-10-26'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Sweden'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-serpents-egg-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076686/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Serpent's Egg (1977)

1977 · 119 min · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · Germany, Sweden, United States

Original title: Das Schlangenei

## Synopsis

The Serpent's Egg is a 1977 drama-mystery film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring David Carradine and Liv Ullmann. The story is set in 1920s Berlin and features English and German dialogue. It was Bergman's 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". Even though the film was a critical and commercial failure upon its initial release, Bergman was reported to be happy with the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman)
- **Screenplay:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingmar-bergman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rolf Alexander Wilhelm](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-alexander-wilhelm)
- **Producer:** [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sven Nykvist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist)
- **Editor:** [Jutta Hering](https://cinepixo.com/people/jutta-hering)

## Cast

- [Rosemarie Heinikel](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosemarie-heinikel)
- [Fritz Strassner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-strassner)
- [Wolfgang Weiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-weiser)
- [Liv Ullmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/liv-ullmann)
- [Lisi Mangold](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisi-mangold)
- [Kyra Mladeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyra-mladeck)
- [Grischa Huber](https://cinepixo.com/people/grischa-huber)
- [Volkert Kraeft](https://cinepixo.com/people/volkert-kraeft)
- [James Whitmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whitmore)
- [Andrea L’Arronge](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-l-arronge)
- [Klaus Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-hoffmann)
- [Paul Bürks](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-burks)
- [Ellen Umlauf](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-umlauf)
- [Kai Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/kai-fischer)
- [Toni Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-berger)

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