Fanny and Alexander (1982)
December 17, 1982
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
3h 8m
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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.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Fanny Ekdahl Pernilla Allwin
- Alexander Ekdahl Bertil Guve
- Bishop Edvard Vergerus Jan Malmsjö
- Carl Ekdahl Börje Ahlstedt
- Hanna Schwartz Anna Bergman
- Helena Ekdahl Gunn Wållgren
- Siri Kristina Adolphson
- Isak Jacobi Erland Josephson
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Keywords
- dying and death
- child abuse
- sibling relationship
- funeral
- loss of loved one
- sweden
- bishop
- theatre group
- child prodigy
- dysfunctional family
- ghost
- hamlet
- turn of the century
- christmas
- 1900s
- 20th century
- family chronicle