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.
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Cast
52 people
Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl
Also in
A Heart of Gold
Bertil Guve
Alexander Ekdahl
Known for
After the Rehearsal
Jan Malmsjö
Bishop Edvard Vergérus
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
Scenes from a Marriage
Ewa Fröling
Emilie Ekdahl
Known for
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
A Second Chance
Gunn Wållgren
Helena Ekdahl
Known for
The Brothers Lionheart
Börje Ahlstedt
Carl Ekdahl
Known for
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Saraband
Anna Bergman
Hanna Schwartz
Known for
Mind Your Language
Kristina Adolphson
Siri
Known for
Face to Face
The Devil's Eye
Erland Josephson
Isak Jacobi
Known for
The Sacrifice
Nostalgia
Mats Bergman
Aron Retzinsky
Known for
Wallander
Evil
Jarl Kulle
Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
Known for
The Devil's Eye
Babette's Feast
Allan Edwall
Oscar Ekdahl
Known for
The Sacrifice
The Virgin Spring
Ingmar Bergman Director · Sven Nykvist Cinematographer Sylvia Ingemarsson Editor
Worldwide gross $6.8M · Budget $6M · United States release June 17, 1983
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$6,800,000
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Cinematograph AB
Production
Svenska Filminstitutet
Production
SVT
Production
Gaumont
Production
Personafilm
Production
Tobis
Production
Tobis Filmkunst
Production
Sweden · Germany · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Fanny och Alexander
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
English · German · Swedish · Yiddish
Release dates
Sweden · December 17, 1982
Theatrical
United States · June 17, 1983
Limited theatrical
United States · November 8, 2011
Physical
Australia
March 29, 1984 · Theatrical
Czechia
January 15, 2004 · Limited theatrical · Projekt 100
Denmark
January 17, 1983 · Theatrical
Finland
January 21, 1983 · Theatrical
France
March 9, 1983 · Theatrical
Germany
October 8, 1983 · Theatrical
Greece
December 19, 2019 · Limited theatrical
Italy
September 9, 1983 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
December 3, 1983 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 3, 1983 · Theatrical
June 12, 2008 · Theatrical · Re-release
December 20, 2018 · Theatrical · Re-release
Portugal
May 26, 1983 · Theatrical
January 12, 2014 · Theatrical · re-release
Russia
June 23, 2022 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 16, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
May 21, 1989 · Theatrical · ICAA: 218584
Sweden
December 17, 1983 · Theatrical · director's cut
United Kingdom
February 16, 1983 · Theatrical
December 2, 2022 · Limited theatrical · Re-Release
XC
June 1, 1986 · Theatrical
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