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.
FantasyDramaMysterydying and deathchild abusesibling relationshipfuneralloss of loved oneswedenbishoptheatre groupchild prodigydysfunctional familyghosthamlet
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Cast
- Pernilla AllwinFanny Ekdahl
- Bertil GuveAlexander Ekdahl
- Jan MalmsjöBishop Edvard Vergerus
- Ewa FrölingEmilie Ekdahl
- Gunn WållgrenHelena Ekdahl
- Börje AhlstedtCarl Ekdahl
- Anna BergmanHanna Schwartz
- Kristina AdolphsonSiri
- Erland JosephsonIsak Jacobi
- Mats BergmanAron Retzinsky
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- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Ingmar BergmanWriter
- Sven NykvistDirector of Photography
- Sylvia IngemarssonEditor
- Jörn DonnerProducer
- Daniel Toscan du PlantierProducer
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