In the Presence of a Clown (1998)
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.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
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Börje Ahlstedt as Uncle Carl Åkerblom |
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Marie Richardson as Pauline Thibualt |
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Erland Josephson as Osvald Vogler |
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Pernilla August as Karin Bergman |
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Anita Björk as Anna Åkerblom |
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Agneta Ekmanner as Klovnen Rigmor |
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Lena Endre as Märta Lundberg |
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Gunnel Fred as Emma Vogler |
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Anna Björk as Mia Falk |
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Peter Stormare as Petrus Landahl |
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Gerthi Kulle as Sister Stella |
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Johan Lindell as Johan Egerman |
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Folke Asplund as Fredrik Blom |
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Inga Landgré as Alma Berglund |
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Alf Nilsson as Stefan Larsson |
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Harriet Nordlund as Karin Persson |
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Tord Peterson as Algot Frövik |
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Birgitta Pettersson as Hanna Apelblad |
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Sticko Attermark as Mental patient |
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Ingmar Bergman as Mental patient |
| Writing | Ingmar Bergman | Writer |
| Directing | Ingmar Bergman | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cecilia Drott | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christina Sjöblom | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Måns Reuterswärd | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mette Möller | Costume Design |
| Sound | Göte Carlsson | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Gunnar Frisell | Sound |
| Sound | Gábor Pasztor | Sound |
| Camera | Irene Wiklund | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Magnus Berglid | Sound |
| Sound | Susanne Kirschner | Sound |
| Sound | Göran Nylander | Sound Engineer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christina Sjöblom | Wigmaker |
| Directing | Antonia Pyk | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Sylvia Ingemarsson | Editor |
| Art | Göran Wassberg | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mona Tellström-Berg | Wigmaker |
| Camera | Tony Forsberg | Director of Photography |
| Production | Pia Ehrnvall | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cecilia Drott | Wigmaker |
