The Serpent's Egg (1977)
"The kind of terror that could never be... until now... until Bergman!"
ThumbScore
👍 71%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 20%
(RT: 20%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Heinz Bennent as Hans Vergerus
Toni Berger as Monsieur Rosenberg
Paula Braend as Madame Hemse
Erna Brünell as Madame Rosenberg
Is The Serpent's Egg good?
Most people think so. 71% audience score, estimated from 132 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 20%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
In 1923 Berlin, following the suicide of his brother, an American acrobat struggles to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism, and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic. Wikipedia ↗
