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Fanny and Alexander

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.

1982 |3h 8m |  Fantasy, Drama, Mystery

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Cast

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Pernilla Allwin

Fanny Ekdahl

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Bertil Guve

Alexander Ekdahl

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Jan Malmsjö

Bishop Edvard Vergerus

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Börje Ahlstedt

Carl Ekdahl

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Anna Bergman

Hanna Schwartz

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Gunn Wållgren

Helena Ekdahl

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Kristina Adolphson

Siri

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Erland Josephson

Isak Jacobi

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Mats Bergman

Aron Retzinsky

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Jarl Kulle

Gustav Adolf Ekdahl

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Allan Edwall

Oscar Ekdahl

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Ewa Fröling

Emilie Ekdahl

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Harriet Andersson

Justina

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Gunnar Björnstrand

Filip Landahl

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Stina Ekblad

Ismael Retzinsky

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Pernilla August

Maj

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Mona Malm

Alma Ekdahl

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Christina Schollin

Lydia Ekdahl

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Kerstin Tidelius

Henrietta Vergerus

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Inga Ålenius

Lisen

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Hugo Hasslo

Glee Singer

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Carl Billquist

Police Superintendent Jespersson

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Axel Düberg

Witness to Bishop's Death

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Siv Ericks

Alida

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Sonya Hedenbratt

Aunt Emma

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Olle Hilding

Old Clergyman

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Svea Holst

Miss Ester

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Lena Olin

Rosa

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Gösta Prüzelius

Doctor Fürstenberg

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Hans Strååt

Clergyman at Wedding

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Marianne Aminoff

Blenda Vergérus

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Mona Andersson

Karna

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Marrit Ohlsson

Malla Tander

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Nils Brandt

Mr. Morsing

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Gus Dahlström

Props Man

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Ernst Günther

Rector Magnificus

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Heinz Hopf

Tomas Graal

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Sune Mangs

Mr. Salenius

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Peter Stormare

Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, German, Swedish, Yiddish

Budget

$6,000,000.00

Revenue

$6,800,000.00