Where can I watch In the Presence of a Clown in Persian?
In the Presence of a Clown streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It carries Persian subtitles or dub, as listed in the app. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 1998 drama film from Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden. Availability checked as of September 2026.
Directed by Ingmar Bergman, this 1998 drama film carries an IMDb rating of 6.9.
Synopsis
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"... Written by Fredrik Klasson
Cast & crew
In the Presence of a Clown is a 1998 drama film from Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden. It was directed by Ingmar Bergman. The cast is led by Börje Ahlstedt, Marie Richardson, Erland Josephson. It runs 119 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cast
- Börje Ahlstedt, Marie Richardson, Erland Josephson, Pernilla August, Anita Björk, Agneta Ekmanner, Lena Endre, Gunnel Fred
- Country
- Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genre
- Drama