Fanny and Alexander
"Glowing, magnificent, enchanting"
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
First Aired
December 25, 1984
Last Aired
January 2, 1985
Original Language
sv
Popularity
4
Type
Miniseries
Production Companies
Tobis Film
Cinematograph AB
Gaumont
Personafilm
SVT Drama
Svenska Filminstitutet
Seasons & Episodes
Episodes
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
Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl
Bertil Guve
Alexander Ekdahl
Ewa Fröling
Emilie Ekdahl
Jarl Kulle
Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
Börje Ahlstedt
Carl Ekdahl
Gunn Wållgren
Helena Ekdahl
Ernst Günther
Rector Magnificus
Sune Mangs
Mr. Salenius (Actor)
Pernilla Wahlgren
Esmeralda
Allan Edwall
Oscar Ekdahl
Erland Josephson
Isak Jacobi
Jan Malmsjö
Bishop Edvard Vergerus
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