The Serpent's Egg

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf film
gptkbp:awards Best_Director_nomination_at_Cannes
Best_Actress_nomination_for_Liv_Ullmann
Best_Cinematography_nomination_at_Cannes
gptkbp:basedOn original_story_by_Ingmar_Bergman
gptkbp:boxOffice $1.5 million
gptkbp:cinematographyBy Sven Nykvist
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticalReception mixed reviews
gptkbp:culturalImpact Study in film schools
Reference in literature
Analysis in film criticism
Influence on later films about totalitarianism
gptkbp:directedBy gptkb:Ingmar_Bergman
gptkbp:distributor 20th Century Fox
gptkbp:editedBy gptkb:Ulla_Rygner
gptkbp:filmFestival Cannes_Film_Festival_1977
gptkbp:genre drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Serpent's Egg
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:German_Expressionism
Surrealism
Theatre of the Absurd
Existentialism
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy Björk
gptkbp:notableFeature Cinematography
Sound design
Performances
Set design
Costume design
gptkbp:plot A_man_struggles_to_survive_in_Berlin_during_the_rise_of_the_Nazi_regime.
gptkbp:premiere gptkb:Cannes_Film_Festival
gptkbp:producedBy gptkb:Ingmar_Bergman
gptkbp:releaseDate December 1977
gptkbp:releasedIn 1977
gptkbp:runtime 101 minutes
gptkbp:screenplayBy gptkb:Ingmar_Bergman
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:starring gptkb:David_Carradine
gptkb:Liv_Ullmann
gptkbp:theme betrayal
identity
survival
fear
oppression