In the Presence of a Clown 1998
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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.
- Released: 1998-10-01
- Runtime: 119 minutes
- Genre: Drama, TV Movie
- Stars: Börje Ahlstedt, Marie Richardson, Erland Josephson, Pernilla August, Anita Björk
- Director: Ingmar Bergman, Ingmar Bergman, Cecilia Drott, Christina Sjöblom, Pia Ehrnvall
