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Title: Fanny and Alexander

Release Date: 26 Dec 1984

Runtime: 1h 27m

Genre: Drama

Director: Ingmar Bergman

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

Overview: Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 8.3 (130 votes)

Cast

  • Fanny Ekdahl: Pernilla Allwin
  • Alexander Ekdahl: Bertil Guve
  • Emilie Ekdahl: Ewa Fröling
  • Oscar Ekdahl: Allan Edwall
  • Bishop Edvard Vergerus: Jan Malmsjö
  • Gustav Adolf Ekdahl: Jarl Kulle
  • Carl Ekdahl: Börje Ahlstedt
  • Helena Ekdahl: Gunn Wållgren
  • Maj: Pernilla August
  • Justina: Harriet Andersson
  • Aron Retzinsky: Mats Bergman
  • Filip Landahl: Gunnar Björnstrand
  • Ismael Retzinsky: Stina Ekblad
  • Rector Magnificus: Ernst Günther
  • Isak Jacobi: Erland Josephson
  • Alma Ekdahl: Mona Malm
  • Mr. Salenius (Actor): Sune Mangs
  • Lydia Ekdahl: Christina Schollin
  • Henrietta Vergeus: Kerstin Tidelius
  • Esmeralda: Pernilla Wahlgren
  • Fanny and Alexander (Specials)

    Fanny and Alexander (Season 1)

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