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Fanny and Alexander (1984)
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
Writing:
- Ingmar Bergman
Release Date:
Wed, Dec 26, 1984
Country: SE
Language: En | De | Sv | Yi
Runtime: 87
Country: SE
Language: En | De | Sv | Yi
Runtime: 87
Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl
Bertil Guve
Alexander Ekdahl
Ewa Fröling
Emilie Ekdahl
Allan Edwall
Oscar Ekdahl
Jan Malmsjö
Bishop Edvard Vergerus
Jarl Kulle
Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
Börje Ahlstedt
Carl Ekdahl
Gunn Wållgren
Helena Ekdahl
Pernilla August
Maj
Harriet Andersson
Justina
Mats Bergman
Aron Retzinsky
Gunnar Björnstrand
Filip Landahl
Stina Ekblad
Ismael Retzinsky
Ernst Günther
Rector Magnificus
Erland Josephson
Isak Jacobi
Mona Malm
Alma Ekdahl
Sune Mangs
Mr. Salenius (Actor)
Christina Schollin
Lydia Ekdahl
Kerstin Tidelius
Henrietta Vergeus
Pernilla Wahlgren
Esmeralda
Season 1:
Young Alexander glimpses the supernatural before the scattered branches of his family gather at his grandmother's house for a traditional Christmas party. Contains the Prologue and First Act.
Alexander's family is torn apart by the death of his father and his mother's subsequent marriage to the icy priest Edvard Vergérus. Contains the Second Act.
Fanny and Alexander continue to suffer at the hands of their cruel stepfather while a series of ghosts pay visits to the living. Contains the Third Act.
Alexander makes up a story about his stepfather for which he gets brutally punished. Meanwhile Helena discusses with Gustav about his intentions for Maj. Contains the Fourth Act.
Isak plots to rescue Fanny and Alexander from their stepfather. Contains the Fifth Act and Epilogue.