

Fanny and Alexander
1982 · Movie · 3h 8m · R
FantasyDramaMystery
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.
Ratings
IMDb
8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
100/100
Key crew
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Ingmar BergmanWriter
Cast
- Pernilla AllwinFanny Ekdahl
- Bertil GuveAlexander Ekdahl
- Jan MalmsjöBishop Edvard Vergerus
- Ewa FrölingEmilie Ekdahl
- Gunn WållgrenHelena Ekdahl
- Börje AhlstedtCarl Ekdahl
- Anna BergmanHanna Schwartz
- Kristina AdolphsonSiri
- Erland JosephsonIsak Jacobi
- Mats BergmanAron Retzinsky
- Jarl KulleGustav Adolf Ekdahl
- Allan EdwallOscar Ekdahl
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Themes
dying and deathchild abusesibling relationshipfuneralloss of loved oneswedenbishoptheatre groupchild prodigydysfunctional familyghosthamlet























