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Fanny and Alexander
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1982 film by Ingmar Bergman
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Fanny and Alexander is a 188-minute drama film directed and written by Ingmar Bergman. Produced by Jörn Donner and Gaumont, the movie features a cast including Börje Ahlstedt, Anna Bergman, Gunn Wållgren, and Kristina Adolphson. The narrative is set in Uppsala during the period of 1910 and is presented in black-and-white. The original languages of the film include Swedish, German, Yiddish, and English.
The production originated from France, Germany, and Sweden. It was distributed by Sandrew Metronome and Netflix in video on demand format. The film received a Metascore of 100 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 100%. It won the César Award for Best Foreign Film, along with Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design. Additionally, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
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7.8As 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 as Fanny Ekdahl
- Bertil Guve as Alexander Ekdahl
- Jan Malmsjö as Bishop Edvard Vergerus
- Ewa Fröling as Emilie Ekdahl
- Gunn Wållgren as Helena Ekdahl
- Börje Ahlstedt as Carl Ekdahl
Themes
- dying and death
- child abuse
- sibling relationship
- funeral
- loss of loved one
- sweden
- bishop
- theatre group
- child prodigy
- dysfunctional family
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Ratings
IMDb
8.1/10
69,954 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
100/100
- Year
- 1982
- Runtime
- 188 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 4 Oscars. 25 wins & 13 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written by
- Ingmar Bergman
- Produced by
- Jörn Donner
- Starring
- Pernilla Allwin Bertil Guve Jan Malmsjö Börje Ahlstedt Anna Bergman Gunn Wållgren Kristina Adolphson Erland Josephson Mats Bergman Jarl Kulle
- Cinematography
- Sven Nykvist
- Edited by
- Sylvia Ingemarsson
- Music by
- Daniel Bell
- Production companies
- Cinematograph Sveriges Television Gaumont International Personafilm Tobis Film Swedish Film Institute
- Distributed by
- Sandrew Film & Teater (Sweden) Gaumont Distribution (France) Tobis Film (Germany)
- Release dates
- 17 December 1982 ( 1982-12-17 ) (Sweden ) 9 March 1983 ( 1983-03-09 ) (France ) 8 October 1983 ( 1983-10-08 ) (West Germany )
- Running time
- TV miniseries: , 312 minutes Theatrical film: , 188 minutes
- Countries
- Sweden France West Germany
- Languages
- Swedish German
- Budget
- US$ 6 million
- Box office
- US$6.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- Sweden
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Screenwriter
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cast member
- Sonya Hedenbratt
- Producer
- Jörn Donner
- Production company
- Gaumont
- Cinematographer
- Sven Nykvist
- Narrative location
- Uppsala
- Duration
- 188
- FilmAffinity ID
- 353403
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Fanny & Alexander logotype.png
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- publication date
- 1983-10-08
- Commons category
- Fanny and Alexander
- title
- Fanny och Alexander
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1910
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- art director
- Anna Asp
- costume designer
- Marik Vos-Lundh
- review score
- 8.1/10
- capital cost
- 6000000
- box office
- 6783304
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Encyclopedic overview
Fanny and Alexander (Swedish: Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 epic period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. Following the death of the children's father (Allan Edwall), their mother (Ewa Fröling) remarries a prominent bishop (Jan Malmsjö) who becomes abusive towards Alexander for his vivid imagination.
Bergman intended Fanny and Alexander to be his final picture before retiring, and his script is semi-autobiographical. The characters Alexander, Fanny and stepfather Edvard are based on himself, his sister Margareta and his father Erik Bergman, respectively. Many of the scenes were filmed on location in Uppsala. The documentary film The Making of Fanny and Alexander was made simultaneously with the feature and chronicles its production.
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