Fanny and Alexander
1984 to 1985 Drama 1 season
TMDB rating 8.3/10 Ended
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.
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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 and details
Pernilla AllwinFanny Ekdahl
Bertil GuveAlexander Ekdahl
Ewa FrölingEmilie Ekdahl
Jarl KulleGustav Adolf Ekdahl
Börje AhlstedtCarl Ekdahl
Gunn WållgrenHelena Ekdahl
Ernst GüntherRector Magnificus
Sune MangsMr. Salenius (Actor)
Pernilla WahlgrenEsmeralda
Allan EdwallOscar Ekdahl
Erland JosephsonIsak Jacobi
Jan MalmsjöBishop Edvard Vergerus
- Created by
- Ingmar Bergman
- Network
- SVT1
- First aired
- Dec 25, 1984
- Latest episode
- Jan 2, 1985
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