Overview - Fanny and Alexander

Date of release

Genres

  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Mystery

Runtime: 188 minutes

Homepage: Fanny and Alexander

Budget

$6,000,000.00

Revenue

$6,800,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Deutsch
  • svenska

Production companies

  • Name: Cinematograph AB

    Production country Sweden

  • Name: Svenska Filminstitutet

    Production country Sweden

  • Name: SVT

    Production country Sweden

  • Name: Gaumont

    Production country France

  • Name: Personafilm

    Production country

  • Name: Tobis

    Production country Germany

Overview

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

  • Name: Pernilla Allwin

    Character: Fanny Ekdahl

    Popularity: 3.07

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  • Name: Bertil Guve

    Character: Alexander Ekdahl

    Popularity: 5.097

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  • Name: Jan Malmsjö

    Character: Bishop Edvard Vergerus

    Popularity: 3.156

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  • Name: Börje Ahlstedt

    Character: Carl Ekdahl

    Popularity: 5.852

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  • Name: Anna Bergman

    Character: Hanna Schwartz

    Popularity: 5.39

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  • Name: Gunn Wållgren

    Character: Helena Ekdahl

    Popularity: 1.647

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  • Name: Kristina Adolphson

    Character: Siri

    Popularity: 1.77

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  • Name: Erland Josephson

    Character: Isak Jacobi

    Popularity: 2.358

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