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.

Country:

Denmark,

Germany,

Italy,

Norway,

Sweden

Genre:

Drama,

TV Movie

Duration:

119 minutes

Year:

1998

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

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Company:

DR,

Nordiska TV-Samarbetsfonden,

SVT Drama,

RAI

Cast:

Uncle Carl Åkerblom

Pauline Thibualt

Osvald Vogler

Karin Bergman

Anna Åkerblom

Crew:

Director

Writer

Makeup Artist

Makeup Artist

Producer