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Fanny and Alexander( 1982)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Pernilla Allwin

      Fanny Ekdahl

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      Bertil Guve

      Alexander Ekdahl

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      Jan Malmsjö

      Bishop Edvard Vergerus

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      Börje Ahlstedt

      Carl Ekdahl

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      Anna Bergman

      Hanna Schwartz

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      Gunn Wållgren

      Helena Ekdahl

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      Kristina Adolphson

      Siri

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      Erland Josephson

      Isak Jacobi

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      Mats Bergman

      Aron Retzinsky

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      Jarl Kulle

      Gustav Adolf Ekdahl

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      Allan Edwall

      Oscar Ekdahl

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      Ewa Fröling

      Emilie Ekdahl

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      Harriet Andersson

      Justina

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      Gunnar Björnstrand

      Filip Landahl

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      Stina Ekblad

      Ismael Retzinsky

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      Pernilla August

      Maj

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      Mona Malm

      Alma Ekdahl

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      Christina Schollin

      Lydia Ekdahl

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      Kerstin Tidelius

      Henrietta Vergerus

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      Inga Ålenius

      Lisen

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      Hugo Hasslo

      Glee Singer

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      Kristian Almgren

      Putte Ekdahl

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      Carl Billquist

      Police Superintendent Jespersson

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      Axel Düberg

      Witness to Bishop's Death

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      Siv Ericks

      Alida

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      Patricia Gélin

      Statue

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      Majlis Granlund

      Miss Vega

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      Maria Granlund

      Petra Ekdahl

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      Eva von Hanno

      Berta

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      Sonya Hedenbratt

      Aunt Emma

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      Olle Hilding

      Old Clergyman

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      Svea Holst

      Miss Ester

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      Käbi Laretei

      Aunt Anna von Bohlen

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      Lena Olin

      Rosa

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      Gösta Prüzelius

      Doctor Fürstenberg

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      Hans Strååt

      Clergyman at Wedding

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      Emelie Werkö

      Jenny Ekdahl

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      Marianne Aminoff

      Blenda Vergérus

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      Mona Andersson

      Karna

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      Hans Henrik Lerfeldt

      Elsa Bergius

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      Marrit Ohlsson

      Malla Tander

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      Nils Brandt

      Mr. Morsing

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      Lars-Owe Carlberg

      Glee Singer

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      Gus Dahlström

      Props Man

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      Ernst Günther

      Rector Magnificus

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      Heinz Hopf

      Tomas Graal

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      Sune Mangs

      Mr. Salenius

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      Peter Stormare

      Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer (uncredited)

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      Maud Hyttenberg

      Miss Sinclair

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      Sven-Erik Jacobsson

      Glee Singer

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      Marianne Nielsen

      Selma

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    A review by CRCulver

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    Written by CRCulver on Wed Oct 17 2018
    Released in 1982 in a 5-hour version for Swedish television and cut to 180 minutes for theatrical release, <i>Fanny and Alexander</i> was meant to be Ingmar Bergman's last film. Though the great auteur lived on another 25 years and even wrote and directed some smaller projects, <i>Fanny and Alexander</i> can still be seen as a great capstone to decades of legendary cinema. FANNY AND Alexander deals with the great two preoccupations of Bergman's career, namely the absence of God and the unbridgeable gaps between human beings, but the result is wonderfully life-affirming. Fanny and Alexander a...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    6000000.00

    Revenue

    6800000.00

    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