
Feature film — 1982
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
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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A high-signal pick with 928 votes.
Cinematograph AB / Svenska Filminstitutet / SVT / Gaumont / Personafilm / Tobis
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Director: Ingmar Bergman
On screen
Cast & crew

Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl

Bertil Guve
Alexander Ekdahl

Jan Malmsjö
Bishop Edvard Vergérus

Ewa Fröling
Emilie Ekdahl

Gunn Wållgren
Helena Ekdahl

Börje Ahlstedt
Carl Ekdahl

Anna Bergman
Hanna Schwartz

Kristina Adolphson
Siri

Erland Josephson
Isak Jacobi

Mats Bergman
Aron Retzinsky

Jarl Kulle
Gustav Adolf Ekdahl

Allan Edwall
Oscar Ekdahl
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