Fanny and Alexander
Fanny och Alexander (1982)
Timing:
3:8 (188 min)
7.787/10
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Production
Genre
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
Budget
$6 000 000
Revenue
$6 800 000
Director
Actors
Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Jan Malmsjö, Ewa Fröling, Anna Bergman, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt, Anna Bergman, Kristina Adolphson, Erland Josephson
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Sylvia Ingemarsson
All team (23)
All team (23)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The television series has a runtime of 312 minutes.
- On December 17, 1983, the director's cut of the film was released in Sweden.
- Liv Ullmann declined the role of Emilia Ekdal, and was replaced by Eva Fröling. Bergman was upset by the refusal, and told Ullmann that she had lost her right to be the first invited to his films.
- Max von Sydow was considered for the role of Bishop Edvard Vergerus, but the actor was busy with other projects at the time.
- The surnames of the characters Vergerus and Egdal are a kind of calling card for Ingmar Bergman.
- Ingmar Bergman shot approximately 24 hours of footage for this film.
- After playing Alexander Bertil Guve decided not to appear in films again. He later became a Doctor of Economics.
- The final scenes of the funeral outside the church were filmed independently by the crew. Bergman was bedridden with the flu at the time.
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