
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.
Release Date: 10/1/1998
Runtime: 119 minutes
Languages: Swedish
Director: Ingmar Bergman
00Companies: DR, Nordiska TV-Samarbetsfonden, SVT Drama, RAI
Countries: Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden
Osvald Vogler

Börje Ahlstedt
Uncle Carl Åkerblom

Marie Richardson
Pauline Thibualt

Erland Josephson
Osvald Vogler

Pernilla August
Karin Bergman

Anita Björk
Anna Åkerblom

Agneta Ekmanner
Klovnen Rigmor

Lena Endre
Märta Lundberg

Gunnel Fred
Emma Vogler

Anna Björk
Mia Falk

Peter Stormare
Petrus Landahl
Gerthi Kulle
Sister Stella

Johan Lindell
Johan Egerman