Fanny and Alexander
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- Drama
- Fantasy
- Mystery
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.
Keywords
- christmas
- loss of loved one
- ghost
- funeral
- dying and death
- dramatic
- child abuse
- harsh
- sibling relationship
- dysfunctional family
- shocking
- theatre group
- sweden
- 1900s
- child prodigy
- suspenseful
- hopeful
- 20th century
- hamlet
- bishop
- turn of the century
- family chronicle
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 17, 1982
- Original language
- Swedish
- Spoken languages
- English, German, Swedish, Yiddish
- Countries
- Sweden, Germany, France
- Cast
- Pernilla Allwin,Bertil Guve,Jan Malmsjö,Ewa Fröling,Gunn Wållgren,Börje Ahlstedt,Anna Bergman,Kristina Adolphson,Erland Josephson,Mats Bergmanand 42 more
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Writer
- Ingmar Bergman
- Producer
- Jörn Donner,Daniel Toscan du Plantier
- Cinematography
- Sven Nykvist
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Revenue
- $6,800,000
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0083922