Fanny and Alexander
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.
Release Date:
1982-12-17
Runtime:
188 minutes
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Starring:
Pernilla Allwin
as Fanny Ekdahl
Bertil Guve
as Alexander Ekdahl
Jan Malmsjö
as Bishop Edvard Vergerus
Ewa Fröling
as Emilie Ekdahl
Gunn Wållgren
as Helena Ekdahl
Börje Ahlstedt
as Carl Ekdahl
Anna Bergman
as Hanna Schwartz
Kristina Adolphson
as Siri
Erland Josephson
as Isak Jacobi
Mats Bergman
as Aron Retzinsky
Jarl Kulle
as Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
Allan Edwall
as Oscar Ekdahl
Harriet Andersson
as Justina
Gunnar Björnstrand
as Filip Landahl
Stina Ekblad
as Ismael Retzinsky
Pernilla August
as Maj
Mona Malm
as Alma Ekdahl
Christina Schollin
as Lydia Ekdahl
Kerstin Tidelius
as Henrietta Vergerus
Inga Ålenius
as Lisen
Hugo Hasslo
as Glee Singer
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Kristian Almgren
as Putte Ekdahl
Carl Billquist
as Police Superintendent Jespersson
Axel Düberg
as Witness to Bishop's Death
Siv Ericks
as Alida
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Patricia Gélin
as Statue
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Majlis Granlund
as Miss Vega
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Maria Granlund
as Petra Ekdahl
Eva von Hanno
as Berta
Sonya Hedenbratt
as Aunt Emma