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Ingmar Bergm
an's The Serpent's Egg
 follows a week in th
e life of Abel Rosenberg,  an out-of-work American circ us acrobat living i

n pove rty-stricken Berlin f oll

owing Germa ny's defe at in World War I. When his
b ro ther commits suicide, Abel se eks
 re
fuge in t he apar
t
ment of an old acquaintance Professor Vereg  us. 
Desperate t
o make end s meet in th
e war- ra vaged
city,  A
bel takes a job in Ve regus' cli
nic, wher e he d iscover s th e horrific 
tru
th behind the w
ork of the stra
n gel y beneficent professor and unlocks  the ch
illing myster
 y that drove his broth er t

o kill
 
hi mse
lf.