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Fanny and Alexander
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Title: Fanny and Alexander

Release Date: 17 Dec 1982

Runtime: 3h 8m

Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery

Director: Cinematograph AB, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Gaumont, Personafilm, Tobis

Production Companies: Cinematograph AB, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Gaumont, Personafilm, Tobis

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.8 (784 votes)

Cast

  • Fanny Ekdahl: Pernilla Allwin
  • Alexander Ekdahl: Bertil Guve
  • Bishop Edvard Vergerus: Jan Malmsjö
  • Carl Ekdahl: Börje Ahlstedt
  • Hanna Schwartz: Anna Bergman
  • Helena Ekdahl: Gunn Wållgren
  • Siri: Kristina Adolphson
  • Isak Jacobi: Erland Josephson
  • Aron Retzinsky: Mats Bergman
  • Gustav Adolf Ekdahl: Jarl Kulle
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