Fanny and Alexander

Dec 17, 1982

3h 8m

★ 7.8

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.

Genres

Fantasy

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Cinematograph AB

Svenska Filminstitutet

SVT

Gaumont

Personafilm

Tobis

Fanny and Alexander Trailers

Cast

Alexander Ekdahl

Bertil Guve

Fanny Ekdahl

Pernilla Allwin

Bishop Edvard Vergerus

Jan Malmsjö

Emilie Ekdahl

Ewa Fröling

Helena Ekdahl

Gunn Wållgren

Carl Ekdahl

Börje Ahlstedt

Hanna Schwartz

Anna Bergman

Siri

Kristina Adolphson

Isak Jacobi

Erland Josephson

Aron Retzinsky

Mats Bergman

Gustav Adolf Ekdahl

Jarl Kulle

Oscar Ekdahl

Allan Edwall

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