Fanny and Alexander

Fanny och Alexander

1982·188'

Ingmar Bergman

MysteryFantasyDrama

★ 7.8

Letterboxd TMDB #5961

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.

Cast

Pernilla Allwin Fanny Ekdahl

Bertil Guve Alexander Ekdahl

Jan Malmsjö Bishop Edvard Vergerus

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