| Director: | Ingmar Bergman |
| Producer: | Måns Reuterswärd Pia Ehrnvall |
| Starring: | Erland Josephson Börje Ahlstedt Marie Richardson Pernilla August Ingmar Bergman (uncredited) |
| Cinematography: | Tony Forsberg Irene Wiklund |
| Editor: | Sylvia Ingemarsson |
| Network: | Sveriges Television |
| Runtime: | 119 minutes |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Language: | Swedish |
In the Presence of a Clown (sv|'''Larmar och gör sig till''') is a television film by Ingmar Bergman, recorded for Swedish television in 1997 with Bergman as a director. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It tells the story of a professor named Carl, who has been found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to treatment in a mental ward. In the hospital he befriends a man named Osvald, and they attempt to make and promote a film.
The film was produced for Sveriges Television from Bergman's 1994 play of the same title.