Directed by:
Ingmar BergmanScreenplay:
Ingmar BergmanCinematography:
Sven NykvistComposer:
Rolf A. WilhelmCast:
David Carradine, Liv Ullmann, Gert Fröbe, Heinz Bennent, James Whitmore, Edith Heerdegen, Christian Berkel, Walter Schmidinger, Ralf Wolter, Gaby Dohm (more)Plots(1)
Out-of-work trapeze artist Abel Rosenberg (David Carradine) finds the only way to navigate the surreal circus that is 1923 Berlin is to stay drunk. But even through his stupor, he can see the thread of a frightening mysteryeveryone he knows, even his most distant acquaintances, is dying violently. Can he survive or will his mind and soul completely unravel? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ellen Umlauf
Austria
Best movies:
Cabaret (1972)
Joseph Balsamo (1973) (series)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Harry Kalenberg
German Empire
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Wag the Dog (1997)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Grischa Huber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/741/160741714_d854a6.jpg)
Grischa Huber
German Empire
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
The Gift Horse (2009)
Drei in einem Bett (2013) (TV movie)
![Hertha von Walther](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/502/162502048_29ffdb.jpg)
Hertha von Walther
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Faust (1926)
The Devious Path (1928)
![Kai Fischer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/645/161645557_003f55.jpg)
Kai Fischer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1966) (TV movie)
Room 13 (1964)
![Charles Regnier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/149/161149953_c785c7.jpg)
Charles Regnier
Switzerland
Best movies:
La Belle et l'empereur (1959)
No Place to Go (2000)
Freud (1962)
Hubert Mittendorf
Best movies:
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
La morte in Jaguar rossa (1968)
Paula Braend
German Empire
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Richard Bohne
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
![Renate Grosser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/710/161710952_9dd4f1.jpg)
Renate Grosser
German Empire
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
The Tenderness of Wolves (1973)
Rama Dama (1990)
![Gunther Malzacher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/544/162544584_4085c5.jpg)
Gunther Malzacher
German Empire
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Titanic - The Nightmare and the Dream (1984) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Wolfgang Weiser
Austria
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1966) (TV movie)
Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn (1967)
Heide Picha
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Anne Mertin
Austria
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne (2005) (TV movie)
Heino Hallhuber
German Empire
Best movies:
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) (TV movie)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Carmina burana (1975) (TV movie)
Erna Brünell
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Georg Hartmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Cabaret (1972)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Paul Burian
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Woyzeck (1979)
Lisi Mangold
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Hans Eichler
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)