In the Presence of a Clown
| In the Presence of a Clown | |
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| Directed by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Produced by |
Måns Reuterswärd Pia Ehrnvall |
| Written by | Ingmar Bergman |
| 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 |
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Release date
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1 November 1997 |
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Running time
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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.
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