In the Presence of a Clown (Swedish: Larmar och gör sig till) is a television film by Ingmar Bergman, recorded for Swedish television in 1997 with Bergman as a director. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a professor named Carl, who has been found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to treatment in a mental ward. In the hospital he befriends a man named Osvald, and they attempt to make and promote a film.
The film was produced for Sveriges Television from Bergman's 1994 play of the same title.
Cast
Börje Ahlstedt – Uncle Carl Åkerblom
Marie Richardson – Pauline Thibault
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