Fanny and Alexander (1982)
December 17, 1982Release Date
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
December 17, 1982Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl
Bertil Guve
Alexander Ekdahl
Jan Malmsjö
Bishop Edvard Vergerus
Börje Ahlstedt
Carl Ekdahl
Anna Bergman
Hanna Schwartz
Gunn Wållgren
Helena Ekdahl
Kristina Adolphson
Siri
Erland Josephson
Isak Jacobi
Mats Bergman
Aron Retzinsky
Jarl Kulle
Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
Allan Edwall
Oscar Ekdahl
Ewa Fröling
Emilie Ekdahl
Harriet Andersson
Justina
Gunnar Björnstrand
Filip Landahl
Stina Ekblad
Ismael Retzinsky
Pernilla August
Maj
Mona Malm
Alma Ekdahl
Christina Schollin
Lydia Ekdahl
Kerstin Tidelius
Henrietta Vergerus
Inga Ålenius
Lisen
Hugo Hasslo
Glee Singer
Kristian Almgren
Putte Ekdahl
Carl Billquist
Police Superintendent Jespersson
Axel Düberg
Witness to Bishop's Death
Siv Ericks
Alida
Patricia Gélin
Statue
Majlis Granlund
Miss Vega
Maria Granlund
Petra Ekdahl
Eva von Hanno
Berta
Sonya Hedenbratt
Aunt Emma
Olle Hilding
Old Clergyman
Svea Holst
Miss Ester
Käbi Laretei
Aunt Anna von Bohlen
Lena Olin
Rosa
Gösta Prüzelius
Doctor Fürstenberg
Hans Strååt
Clergyman at Wedding
Emelie Werkö
Jenny Ekdahl
Marianne Aminoff
Blenda Vergérus
Mona Andersson
Karna
Hans Henrik Lerfeldt
Elsa Bergius
Marrit Ohlsson
Malla Tander
Nils Brandt
Mr. Morsing
Lars-Owe Carlberg
Glee Singer
Gus Dahlström
Props Man
Ernst Günther
Rector Magnificus
Heinz Hopf
Tomas Graal
Sune Mangs
Mr. Salenius
Peter Stormare
Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer (uncredited)
Maud Hyttenberg
Miss Sinclair
Sven-Erik Jacobsson
Glee Singer
Marianne Nielsen
Selma
Bengt Lundgren
Special Effects
Benjamin Britten
Music
Frans Helmerson
Music
Robert Schumann
Music
Daniel Bell
Music
Anna Asp
Set Designer / Art Direction
Jörn Donner
Producer
Sylvia Ingemarsson
Editor
Susanne Lingheim
Set Designer / Set Decoration
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Marianne Jacobs
Music
Barbro Holmbring
Makeup Artist
Björn Gunnarsson
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 17, 1982
Original NameFanny och Alexander
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 8m
Content RatingR
Budget$6,000,000
Box Office$6,800,000
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This Movie Is About.
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Fanny and Alexander (Swedish: Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. Following the death of the children's father (Allan Edwall), their mother (Ewa Fröling) remarries a prominent bishop (Jan Malmsjö) who becomes abusive towards Alexander for his vivid imagination.
Bergman intended Fanny and Alexander to be his final picture before retiring, and his script is semi-autobiographical. The characters Alexander, Fanny and stepfather Edvard are based on himself, his sister Margareta and his father Erik Bergman, respectively. Many of the scenes were filmed on location in Uppsala. The documentary film The Making of Fanny and Alexander was made simultaneously with the feature and chronicles its production.
The production was originally conceived as a television miniseries and cut in that version, spanning 312 minutes; a 188-minute cut version was created later for cinematic release, although this version was in fact the one to be released first. The television version has since been released as a complete film, and both versions have been shown in theaters throughout the world. The 312-minute cut is one of the longest cinematic films in history.
The theatrical version was released to universal critical acclaim. It won four Academy Awards, including for Best Foreign Language Film; three Guldbagge Awards, including Best Film; and other honours. Fanny and Alexander was followed by stage adaptations and further semi-autobiographical screenplays by Bergman, released as films in 1992: The Best Intentions, directed by Bille August, and Sunday's Children, directed by Daniel Bergman. On both review websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic it is the highest-rated film of the 1980s, and has since then been regarded as one of Bergman's finest works, one of the greatest works of Swedish cinema, and of the 1980s and beyond.