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A Balasaur Score of 88 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 100/100. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 99% of the 316 1980s fantasy movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 8m. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
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
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
913 audience votes
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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