Fanny and Alexander
Original movie poster
Directed by	Ingmar Bergman
Produced by	Jörn Donner
Written by	Ingmar Bergman
Starring	Pernilla Allwin Bertil Guve Börje Ahlstedt
Distributed by	Sandrew
Release date(s)	December 17, 1982 17 June 1983
Running time	188 min. 312 min. (TV version)
Language	Swedish German Yiddish English
IMDb profile

Fanny and Alexander (Swedish: Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982, Academy Award-winning Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was originally conceived as a four part TV movie which spanned 312 minutes. A version lasting only 188 minutes was created later for cinematic release. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...   (IPA: in Swedish, but usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish stage and film director. ... Jörn Donner (born 1933), is a Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer and politician associated with several different political parties, and has at different times been a member both of the Finnish parliament and the European Parliament. ...   (IPA: in Swedish, but usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish stage and film director. ... Nils Börje Ahlstedt (born February 21, 1939) is a Swedish actor who has worked a lot with the world famous director Ingmar Bergman in films like Fanny and Alexander (1982), The Best Intentions (1982) and Saraband (2003). ... Sandrew Metronome is a Swedish-Danish film distributor. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Yiddish (Yid. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...   (IPA: in Swedish, but usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish stage and film director. ...

Along with The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries, Fanny and Alexander is considered by many to be one of Bergman's best films. He intended the film to be his last feature, although he wrote several screenplays afterward and directed a number of TV specials. The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is an existential 1957 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman about the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) across a plague-ridden landscape. ... Wild Strawberries a 1957 film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. ...

Plot

The story is set in the early twentieth century in Sweden and deals with a young boy named Alexander, his sister Fanny, and their well-to-do family. Fanny and Alexander's mother and father are both involved in theater and are happily married until the father's sudden death. Shortly thereafter, the mother, Emilie, finds a new suitor in the local bishop, a handsome widower, and accepts his proposal of marriage, moving into his ascetic home and putting the children under his stern and unforgiving rule. He is particularly hard on Alexander, trying to break his will by every means. The children and their mother live as virtual prisoners in the bishop's house until finally the Ekdahl family intervenes. With help from an old friend, a Jewish antiques dealer, as well as some magic, the children are smuggled out of the house, but the Ekdahls' attempts to bribe or threaten the bishop into divorce fail. Emilie, by now pregnant, slips her husband a sedative and flees as he sleeps, after which a fire breaks out and the bishop is burnt to death. In the meantime, Alexander has met the Jewish merchant's mysterious son and fantasized about his stepfather's death – it is as if Alexander's fantasy comes true as he dreams it. The story ends on a mainly happy, life-affirming note, with the christening of Emilie's and the late bishop's daughter and the illegitimate daughter of one of the Ekdahl men, but Alexander encounters the bishop's ghost, signalling that he will never be completely free of him. For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      This article is about a title...

In addition to its themes of Christianity, repentance, and submission to authority, the film deals with love, estrangement, ghosts, and the paranormal, as well as the more common Bergman theme of existentialism. When the children's father suffers his fatal heart attack, he is playing the ghost of the dead King in Hamlet; the figure of the Bishop, and what happens to him, are reminiscent of Claudius' usurpation and the young Prince's final revenge. Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness. ... An artists interpretation of a ghostly woman on a flight of stairs, based on common descriptions A ghost is usually defined as the apparition of a deceased person, frequently similar in appearance to that person, and encountered in places he or she frequented, or in association with the person... // Paranormal is an umbrella term used to describe a wide variety of reported anomalous phenomena. ... Existentialism is a philosophical movement which claims that individual human beings create the meanings of their own lives. ... King Hamlet is a character from William Shakespeares play Hamlet, also known as The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. ... Hamlet and Horatio in the cemetery by Eugène Delacroix For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... Claudius is a fictional character from William Shakespeares play Hamlet. ...

Cast (main)

• Ewa Fröling - Emelie Ekdahl
• Bertil Guve - Alexander Ekdahl
• Pernilla Allwin - Fanny Ekdahl
• Jan Malmsjö - Bishop Edvard Vergerus
• Gunn Wållgren - The grandmother; Helena Ekdahl
• Allan Edwall - Oscar Ekdahl
• Jarl Kulle - Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
• Mona Malm - Alma Ekdahl
• Erland Josephson - Isak Jacobi
• Börje Ahlstedt - Carl Ekdahl
• Christina Schollin - Lydia Ekdahl
• Pernilla August - Maj
• Kerstin Tidelius - Henrietta Vergerus
• Harriet Andersson - Justina
• Marianne Aminoff - Blenda Vergérus
• Stina Ekblad - Ismael Retzinsky
• Mats Bergman - Aron Retzinsky

International movie poster

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Awards

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• Best Foreign Film (producer Jörn Donner)
• Best Cinematography (Sven Nykvist)
• Best Art Direction (Anna Asp, Susanne Lingheim)
• Costume Design (Marik Vos-Lundh)

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The film also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film. The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony. ...

DVD releases

Cover of the Criterion Collection 5-Disc DVD release of Fanny and Alexander

The uncut TV version of the film is available in DVD editions released by Artificial Eye (in Region 2) and The Criterion Collection (in Region 1). The Criterion Collection edition is anamorphically enhanced and is released as three separate sets: the theatrical version, the television version , and a behind-the scenes film, The Making of Fanny and Alexander; these discs are also available as a 5-disc box set. The Criterion release marked the first time the television version of Fanny and Alexander had been available in North America. Image File history File links 617044877897062. ... Image File history File links 617044877897062. ... The following is an excerpt of the article entitled DVD. For the sake of convenience, the terms Region 0, Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7 and Region 8 redirect to this page. ... The Criterion Collection logo The Criterion Collection is a privately held company that distributes authoritative consumer versions of important classic and contemporary films on DVD. It was established in 1984 as a joint venture between Janus Films and the Voyager Company. ... The following is an excerpt of the article entitled DVD. For the sake of convenience, the terms Region 0, Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7 and Region 8 redirect to this page. ... Anamorphic widescreen is a cinematography and photography technique for capturing a widescreen picture on standard 35 mm film, or other visual recording media with a non-widescreen native aspect ratio. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...

External links

• Fanny and Alexander at the Internet Movie Database
• Criterion Collection essay by Stig Bjorkman on the television version
• Criterion Collection essay by Rick Moody on the theatrical version
• DVD review of film at Alternative Film Guide