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.
- Release Date: 1998-10-01
- Runtime: 1h 59min
- Production Company: DR
- Production Country: Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden
- Director: Ingmar Bergman
