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In the Presence of a Clown
In 1925, eccentric inventor and Franz Schubert devotee Carl Åkerblom is confined to a psychiatric ward in Uppsala after attempting to murder his fiancée. Obsessed with death, music, and the future of cinema, he joins forces with a fellow patient to create a “living talkie,” an experimental film performance with live-spoken dialogue. As the project unfolds, art, madness, and mortality collide in a tragicomic reflection on creativity and human frailty.
Cast
- Börje Ahlstedt as Uncle Carl Åkerblom
- Marie Richardson as Pauline Thibualt
- Erland Josephson as Osvald Vogler
- Pernilla August as Karin Bergman
- Anita Björk as Anna Åkerblom
- Agneta Ekmanner as Klovnen Rigmor
- Lena Endre as Märta Lundberg
- Gunnel Fred as Emma Vogler
- Anna Björk as Mia Falk
- Peter Stormare as Petrus Landahl
- Gerthi Kulle as Sister Stella
- Johan Lindell as Johan Egerman
Details
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Released
- October 1, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Studio
- DR, Nordiska TV-Samarbetsfonden and SVT Drama
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 from 33 votes
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