In the Presence of a Clown

(1998)

★ 7 IMDb · 33 votes

Genres: Drama, телевизионный фильм

Year: 1998

Runtime: 119 мин

Country: Denmark, Germany

Director: Ингмар Бергман

Cast: Börje Ahlstedt, Marie Richardson, Эрланд Юзефсон, Пернилла Аугуст, Anita Björk, Agneta Ekmanner, Лена Эндре, Gunnel Fred, Anna Björk, Питер Стормаре

Plot

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.