The Serpent's Egg

Zavvi - The Home of Pop CultureHOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR OWN SANITY IN A WORLD GONE MAD?In 1977, legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, Persona) teamed up with the equally legendary Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis (La strada, Danger: Diabolik) for what would be the director s one and only Hollywood feature.Berlin, 1923. Out-of-work circus performer Abel Rosenberg (David Carradine, Bound in Glory, Kill Bill) is living in poverty. When his brother commits suicide, he moves into the apartment of his cabaret singer sister-in-law (Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants, Scenes from a Marriage), but the pair soon attract the attentions of both the police and a professor with a terrifying area of research when they start to make enquiries about his mysterious death.Features:One of Bergman s darkest and most unlikely films, The Serpent s Egg is a hypnotic, Kafkaesque tale of paranoia in a poisoned city.High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentationOriginal English mono audio (uncompressed LPCM)Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingAudio Commentary by actor David CarradineBergman s Egg a newly filmed appreciation by critic and author Barry ForshawAway From Home, archival featurette including interviews with David Carradine and Liv UllmanGerman Expressionism, archival interview with Author Marc GervaisStills galleryTheatrical trailerReversible sleeve featuring two artwork choices