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Fanny and Alexander
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.
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
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897 votes
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Status
Released
Released
December 17, 1982
Runtime
3h 8m
Language
English, German, Swedish, Yiddish
Budget → Revenue
$6M → $6.8M
Top cast
Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl
Bertil Guve
Alexander Ekdahl
Jan Malmsjö
Bishop Edvard Vergerus
Ewa Fröling
Emilie Ekdahl
Gunn Wållgren
Helena Ekdahl
Börje Ahlstedt
Carl Ekdahl
Anna Bergman
Hanna Schwartz
Kristina Adolphson
Siri
Erland Josephson
Isak Jacobi
Mats Bergman
Aron Retzinsky
Jarl Kulle
Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
Allan Edwall
Oscar Ekdahl
Harriet Andersson
Justina
Gunnar Björnstrand
Filip Landahl
Stina Ekblad
Ismael Retzinsky
Pernilla August
Maj
Mona Malm
Alma Ekdahl
Christina Schollin
Lydia Ekdahl
Kerstin Tidelius
Henrietta Vergerus
Inga Ålenius
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