In the Presence of a Clown

In the Presence of a Clown
Directed by	Ingmar Bergman
Written by	Ingmar Bergman
Produced by	Måns Reuterswärd Pia Ehrnvall
Starring	Erland Josephson Börje Ahlstedt Marie Richardson Pernilla August Ingmar Bergman (uncredited)
Cinematography	Tony Forsberg Irene Wiklund
Edited by	Sylvia Ingemarsson
Distributed by	Sveriges Television
Release date	1 November 1997
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

In the Presence of a Clown (Swedish: Larmar och gör sig till) is a television film by Ingmar Bergman, and was recorded for Swedish television in 1997 with Bergman as a director. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a man named Carl, who is a professor and a mental patient sentenced to a mental ward for attempted murder. In the hospital he is in, he befriends another person, Osvald, and they attempt the making and promoting of a film.

The film was a production for Sveriges Television of Bergman's 1994 play with the same title.

Cast

• Börje Ahlstedt – Uncle Carl Åkerblom
• Marie Richardson – Pauline Thibualt
• Erland Josephson – Osvald Vogler
• Pernilla August – Karin Bergman
• Anita Björk – Anna Åkerblom
• Agneta Ekmanner – Rigmor the clown
• Lena Endre – Märta Lundberg
• Gunnel Fred – Emma Vogler
• Gerthi Kulle – Sister Stella
• Johan Lindell – Johan Egerman
• Peter Stormare – Petrus Landahl
• Folke Asplund – Fredrik Blom
• Anna Björk – Mia Falk
• Inga Landgré – Alma Berglund
• Alf Nilsson – Stefan Larsson

External links

• In the Presence of a Clown at AllMovie
• In the Presence of a Clown at IMDb
• In the Presence of a Clown at the Swedish Film Institute Database