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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.

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  • Börje Ahlstedt

    Börje Ahlstedt

    Uncle Carl Åkerblom

  • Marie Richardson

    Marie Richardson

    Pauline Thibualt

  • Erland Josephson

    Erland Josephson

    Osvald Vogler

  • Pernilla August

    Pernilla August

    Karin Bergman

  • Anita Björk

    Anita Björk

    Anna Åkerblom

  • Agneta Ekmanner

    Agneta Ekmanner

    Klovnen Rigmor

  • Lena Endre

    Lena Endre

    Märta Lundberg

  • Gunnel Fred

    Gunnel Fred

    Emma Vogler

  • Anna Björk

    Anna Björk

    Mia Falk

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.

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