Fanny and Alexander

Name: Fanny and Alexander
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Genre: Drama
Released: 1982
Duration: 3 h 8 min
Cast: Gunn Wallgren, Börje Ahlstedt, Christina Schollin, Allan Edwall, Ewa Fröling

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Drama

1982
Ingmar Bergman
188 mins
15

Summary

Ingmar Bergman's classic period drama starring Bertil Guve and Pernilla Allwin. Alexander and his sister Fanny are growing up among the open-minded Ekdahl family during the 1900s. But when their father dies, their mother remarries a much stricter man.

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Review

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

The warmth, humour and compassion of this wonderful turn-of-the-20th-century family saga make it one of the most accessible movies ever made by Sweden's greatest director, Ingmar Bergman. The story, which covers two years in the life of a well-to-do household as seen through the eyes of a small boy, is rendered all the more fascinating by the autobiographical elements that Bergman has included and by Sven Nykvist's Oscar-winning photography. The film takes us on a magical mystery tour of the child's encounters with his oppressive, puritanical father, his God-fearing mother and his loving family in an atmosphere that is both cosy and scary. The result is an unmissable experience from a master film-maker.

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8.1/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameGrandmother Helena EkdahlGunn WallgrenProfessor Carl EkdahlBörje AhlstedtLydia EkdahlChristina SchollinOscar EkdahlAllan EdwallEmilie EkdahlEwa FrölingFanny EkdahlPernilla AllwinAlexander EkdahlBertil GuveGustav Adolf EkdahlJarl KulleAlma EkdahlMona MalmMajPernilla AugustFilip LandahlGunnar BjörnstrandBishop Edvard VergerusJan MalmsjöIsak JacobiErland JosephsonHanna SchwarzAnna BergmanRosaLena Olin

Crew

rolenameDirectorIngmar Bergman

Details

Theatrical distributor

Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd

Languages

Yiddish | German | Swedish

Guidance

Contains sex scenes and swearing.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour