In the Presence of a Clown
Oct 01 1998
•2h 59m
•Drama, TV Movie
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
Cast
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Börje Ahlstedt
Uncle Carl Åkerblom
Marie Richardson
Pauline Thibualt
Erland Josephson
Osvald Vogler
Pernilla August
Karin Bergman
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