Fanny and Alexander
Fanny and 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.
Plot
In 1907, young Alexander, his sister Fanny, and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls, live in a Swedish town, running a moderately profitable theatre. At Christmastime, the Ekdahls hold a Nativity play and later a large Christmas party. The siblings' parents, Emilie and Oscar, are happily married until Oscar suddenly dies from a stroke. Shortly thereafter, Emilie marries Edvard Vergérus, the local bishop and a widower, and moves into his home where he lives with his mother, sister, aunt, and maids.
Awards
Cast
- Allan Edwall
- Anna Bergman
- Axel Düberg
- Börje Ahlstedt
- Carl Billquist
- Christina Schollin
- Erland Josephson
- Ernst Günther
- Eva von Hanno
- Ewa Fröling
- Georg Årlin
- Gerd Andersson
- Gösta Prüzelius
- Gunn Wållgren
- Gunnar Björnstrand
- Gus Dahlström
- Hans Strååt
- Harriet Andersson
- Heinz Hopf
- Hugo Hasslo
- Inga Ålenius
- Jan Malmsjö
- Jarl Kulle
- Käbi Laretei
- Kerstin Tidelius
- Kristina Adolphson
- Lars-Owe Carlberg
- Lena Olin
- Majlis Granlund
- Marianne Aminoff
- Marianne Karlbeck
- Marianne Nielsen
- Marie-Hélène Breillat
- Marrit Ohlsson
- Mats Bergman
- Mona Andersson
- Mona Malm
- Olle Hilding
- Per Mattsson
- Pernilla Allwin
- Pernilla August
- Pernilla Wahlgren
- Peter Stormare
- Siv Ericks
- Sonya Hedenbratt
- Stina Ekblad
- Sune Mangs
- Svea Holst