Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Original Title: Fanny och Alexander
Drama
Fantasy
Mystery
7.8 (801 votes)
3h 8m
Overview
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.
Details
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Writer
- Ingmar Bergman
- Original Language
- Swedish
- Budget
- $6,000,000
Cast
Anna Bergman
Bertil Guve
Börje Ahlstedt
Erland Josephson
Gunn Wållgren
Jan Malmsjö
Jarl Kulle
Kristina Adolphson
Mats Bergman
Pernilla Allwin
Keywords
1900s
20th century
bishop
child abuse
child prodigy
christmas
dying and death
dysfunctional family
family chronicle
funeral
ghost
hamlet
loss of loved one
sibling relationship
sweden
theatre group
turn of the century
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