Release Date

25 Dec, 1984

Total Episode/Season

4/1

Synopsis

Glowing, magnificent, enchanting.

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.

Original Title

Fanny och Alexander

Photos

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Specials

18 Aug, 1986

Miniseries

25 Dec, 1984

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.

Created By

Ingmar Bergman

Actors

Pernilla Allwin

Bertil Guve

Ewa Fröling

Jarl Kulle

Börje Ahlstedt

Gunn Wållgren

Ernst Günther

Sune Mangs

Pernilla Wahlgren

Crew

Bengt Lundgren

Jörn Donner

Renzo Rossellini

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Anna Asp

Sylvia Ingemarsson

Daniel Bell

Anna Asp

Susanne Lingheim

Marik Vos-Lundh

Peter Schildt

Katinka Faragó