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.
Cast
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
Folke Asplund
Fredrik Blom
Inga Landgré
Alma Berglund
Alf Nilsson
Stefan Larsson
Harriet Nordlund
Karin Persson
Tord Peterson
Algot Frövik
Birgitta Pettersson
Hanna Apelblad
Sticko Attermark
Mental patient
Ingmar Bergman
Mental patient
Crew
Ingmar Bergman
Director, Writer
Sylvia Ingemarsson
Editor
Irene Wiklund
Director of Photography
Tony Forsberg
Director of Photography
Antonia Pyk
Assistant Director
Måns Reuterswärd
Producer
Pia Ehrnvall
Producer
Göran Wassberg
Production Design
Mette Möller
Costume Design
Cecilia Drott
Makeup Artist, Wigmaker
Christina Sjöblom
Makeup Artist, Wigmaker
Göte Carlsson
Sound Engineer
Göran Nylander
Sound Engineer
Gunnar Frisell
Sound
Gábor Pasztor
Sound
Magnus Berglid
Sound
Susanne Kirschner
Sound
Mona Tellström-Berg
Wigmaker
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