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Larmar och gör sig till (1997) Online
Original Title :
Larmar och gör sig till
Genre :
Movie / Drama
Year :
1997
Directror :
Ingmar Bergman
Cast :
Börje Ahlstedt,Marie Richardson,Erland Josephson
Writer :
Ingmar Bergman
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 59min
Rating :
7.1/10
Larmar och gör sig till (1997) Online

Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsala, after having attempted to beat to death his fiancée, Pauline Thibault. Together with another patient, Professor Osvald Vogler, they set up a film project: the living talkie. Before long, they set off on a frantic tour with their film, "The Joy of the Joyous Girl"...
Cast overview, first billed only:
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
Gerthi Kulle Gerthi Kulle - Sister Stella
Johan Lindell Johan Lindell - Johan Egerman
Peter Stormare Peter Stormare - Petrus Landahl
Folke Asplund Folke Asplund - Fredrik Blom
Anna Björk Anna Björk - Mia Falk
Inga Landgré Inga Landgré - Alma Berglund
Alf Nilsson Alf Nilsson - Stefan Larsson

The title is taken from Shakespeare's "Macbeth", act five scene five, when Macbeth says that "life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage". "Struts and frets" can be translated with "larmar och gör sig till".

Ingmar Bergman: one of the inmates at the mental asylum (tall and lanky man with shaved head, standing against the wall outside uncle Carl's room).


User reviews

Keath

Keath

Still full of the old Berman themes of death, the lack of God, etc.

Sometimes the symbols are a bit too heavy handed (including the titular presence of death as a clown). And the technical side of the production feels a bit limited, since the film was made for TV, and occasionally feels like a filmed play.

But that aside, as always with Bergman, the acting is terrific, and this tale of a half-mad inventor, inventing 'talking films' (by having actors stand behind the screen and speak the dialogue the characters on the screen are mouthing) is sometimes very funny, sometimes very sad, and sometimes very insightful – especially about the power of art both to redeem and obsess.

Not one of Bergman's great works, but among the best of his more minor films.
Whitegrove

Whitegrove

When we were thinking that Ingmar Bergman, one of the greatest directors of all time, was not going to make any other films, we see this tv masterpiece, with a great plot and great performances by the actors. While I was seeing the movie, I remembered some of his classic movies, and instantly I recognized that "Bergman" unique touch for making films. This is a movie for every Bergman fan.
Aloo

Aloo

Approaching towards the end of my Ingmar Bergman quest, he has rapidly turned into a director that I now love and admire. And I'd say the same for his films too, in fact although there is a small handful that I've yet to see there have only been two films of his I didn't care for, All These Women and The Serpent's Egg. While it is not one of Bergman's best(The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Fanny and Alexander, Cries and Whispers and Persona), sometimes I did find it a bit too heavy on the symbolism, it is still a very good film and evidence that Bergman still had it towards the end of his career. His direction here is incisive and intelligent as it always was, not once is there signs of a director out of his depth like All These Women for example. For a TV film it is certainly a very professional-looking one with evocative settings and handsome(if not as expansive as his cinematic films) photography. The dialogue provokes a lot of thought and the story is deliberately paced, very interesting and like with almost all Bergman films conveys a large range of emotions. The characters as ever are compellingly real, and the acting only adds to that effect. Borje Ahlstedt in the lead role is particularly outstanding. In conclusion, very good. 8/10 Bethany Cox
Androlhala

Androlhala

Possible surpassing even "Fanny and Alexander". Demanding - naturally - and possible rather hard to understand for non-scandinavian. But free of clichés - even bergmanäs clichés.