Movie

The Serpent's Egg

1977 · 120 min

A bleak, oppressive plunge into Weimar-era despair, where every scene feels heavy with decay and quiet dread.

Tagline: The kind of terror that could never be... until now... until Bergman!
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.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, addiction, grief, corruption
Content: Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
addiction
grief
corruption
survival
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong