The Serpent's Egg 1977

Vincent Canby, New York Times: A melodrama that never quite makes any connection to the characters within it. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Ingmar Bergman comes very close to camp in this 1977 study of life (or lack thereof) in the decaying Berlin of the 20s. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie is a cry of pain and protest, a loud and jarring assault, but it is not a statement and it is certainly not a whole and organic work of art. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Bergman's paranoia runs dementedly and tediously out of control. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: The Serpent's Egg lacks both the strength and depth of Bergman's major work. By going outwardly international, the master becomes perilously close to becoming shallow as well. Read more