In the Presence of a Clown (1998)
1h 59m
Running Time
October 1, 1998Release Date
In the Presence of a Clown (1998)
1h 59m
Running Time
October 1, 1998Release Date
Plot.
Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsala, after having attempted to beat to death his fiancée, Pauline Thibault. Together with another patient, Professor Osvald Vogler, they set up a film project: the living talkie. Before long, they set off on a frantic tour with their film, "The Joy of the Joyous Girl"... Written by Fredrik Klasson
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Cast & Crew.
Börje Ahlstedt
Uncle Carl Åkerblom
Marie Richardson
Pauline Thibualt
Erland Josephson
Osvald Vogler
Pernilla August
Karin Bergman
Anita Björk
Anna Åkerblom
Agneta Ekmanner
Klovnen Rigmor
Lena Endre
Märta Lundberg
Anna Björk
Mia Falk
Gunnel Fred
Emma Vogler
Peter Stormare
Petrus Landahl
Gerthi Kulle
Sister Stella
Johan Lindell
Johan Egerman
Ingmar Bergman
Director
Folke Asplund
Fredrik Blom
Inga Landgré
Alma Berglund
Pia Ehrnvall
Producer
Måns Reuterswärd
Producer
Alf Nilsson
Stefan Larsson
Tony Forsberg
Cinematographer
Harriet Nordlund
Karin Persson
Tord Peterson
Algot Frövik
Sylvia Ingemarsson
Editor
Birgitta Pettersson
Hanna Apelblad
Göran Wassberg
ProductionDesigner
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1998
Original NameLarmar och gör sig till
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Genres
Wiki.
In the Presence of a Clown (Swedish: Larmar och gör sig till) is a television film by Ingmar Bergman, recorded for Swedish television in 1997 with Bergman as a director. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a professor named Carl, who has been found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to treatment in a mental ward. In the hospital he befriends a man named Osvald, and they attempt to make and promote a film.
The film was produced for Sveriges Television from Bergman's 1994 play of the same title.