In the Presence of a Clown

Denmark

• 1998-10-01(DK)
• ▪

  Drama,

  TV Movie
• ▪ 1h-59m

no tagline

Overview

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.

• Ingmar BergmanDirector

  Ingmar BergmanWriter

  Cecilia DrottMakeup Artist

  Christina SjöblomMakeup Artist

  Pia EhrnvallProducer

  Måns ReuterswärdProducer