Released:
1998-10-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Ingmar Bergman

Runtime:
1h 59min

Genre:
Drama, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Börje Ahlstedt
  as
  Uncle Carl Åkerblom
• 
  Marie Richardson
  as
  Pauline Thibualt
• 
  Erland Josephson
  as
  Osvald Vogler
• 
  Pernilla August
  as
  Karin Bergman
• 
  Anita Björk
  as
  Anna Åkerblom