The only movie from Swedish director Ingmar Bergman to be shot in Germany. This is the story, like many German movies, about a woman who tries to save herself from the growing menace of fascism in Berlin. She works as a cabaret girl, and with her connections she is able to live a reasonably comfortable life in the middle of economic crisis. An unemployed American acroba, Abel Rosenberg, decides to look for his brother, who apparently committed suicide in Berlin during a severe personal depression crisis. Doesn't sound like your typical comedy movie, right? Things get worse for Abel, who is interrogated by the State police regarding a couple of murders that took place near the appartement he is renting. The movie reflects the situation of Germany before the Second World War. Bergman strives for a movie that is more expressionist and direct than his usual storytelling technique. The shocking ending prepares the audience for what is about to happen in that country. It's like a serpent's egg, we see the form of the beast just before it comes out.
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