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The Serpent's Egg

1977 · 120 min · Director: Ingmar Bergman ★ IMDb 6.6 · 6,958 ratings

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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.

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The Serpent's Egg (1977) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Disturbing
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Anxiety

Sadness
Disturbing
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 73 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessDisturbingTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness40 %30 %20 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Curiosity50 %39 %33 %33 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Sadness61 %45 %46 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Disturbing61 %36 %50 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Sadness50 %31 %35 %32 %
27.5 %≈ 33′Curiosity48 %34 %30 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 39′Curiosity63 %38 %45 %54 %
37.5 %≈ 45′Anxiety65 %35 %40 %59 %
42.5 %≈ 51′Curiosity55 %36 %21 %45 %
47.5 %≈ 57′Sadness61 %53 %24 %44 %
52.5 %≈ 63′Sadness68 %59 %29 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 69′Sadness58 %49 %18 %33 %
62.5 %≈ 75′Sadness44 %35 %11 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 81′Curiosity46 %35 %19 %34 %
72.5 %≈ 87′Sadness66 %48 %39 %59 %
77.5 %≈ 93′Disturbing74 %46 %58 %64 %
82.5 %≈ 99′Disturbing74 %44 %69 %61 %
87.5 %≈ 105′Disturbing84 %48 %81 %73 %
92.5 %≈ 111′Disturbing85 %46 %81 %73 %
97.5 %≈ 117′Disturbing77 %45 %72 %60 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

TB
Toni Berger

CB
Christian Berkel

PB
Paula Braend

EB
Erna Brünell

PB
Paul Bürks

GD
Gaby Dohm

EF
Emil Feist

Miser

KF
Kai Fischer

Hure

GH
Georg Hartmann

Hollinger

EH
Edith Heerdegen

Mrs. Holle

KH
Klaus Hoffmann

Commando Announcer

GH
Grischa Huber

Stella

VK
Volkert Kraeft

Commando Leader

GM
Gunther Malzacher

Husband

LM
Lisi Mangold

Mikaela

GM
Günter Meisner

Convict

Details

Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Written by
Ingmar Bergman
Type
Movies
Released
1977
Runtime
120 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 6,958 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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