Fanny and Alexander 1982

type: Movie

language: Swedish

duration: 188 min

genre: drama

theme: biographical

director: Ingmar Bergman

Score: 7 / 10

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

More details

author	Ingmar Bergman
award	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Academy Award for Best Production Design BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography César Award for Best Foreign Film David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director David di Donatello for Best International Film Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film Greta Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Guldbagge Award for Best Director Guldbagge Award for Best Film Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film
contentLocation	Uppsala
director	Ingmar Bergman
editor	Sylvia Ingemarsson
genre	drama
keywords	a dream play august strindberg bromide christen christmas party claim corporal punishment family friend id inherit later married nativity play read run sibling sleep
musicBy	Daniel Bell
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Director Guldbagge Award for Best Film International Submission to the Academy Awards
producer	Jörn Donner
productionCompany	Cinematograph Gaumont International Sveriges Television
publisher	Sandrew Film & Teater
theme	biographical