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Fanny and Alexander

7.8(926)19823h 8m4

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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Status
Released
Budget
$6M
Box office
$6.8M
Language
English
  • dying and death
  • child abuse
  • sibling relationship
  • funeral
  • loss of loved one
  • sweden
  • bishop
  • theatre group
  • child prodigy
  • dysfunctional family
  • ghost
  • hamlet

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Sweden, France, Germany

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)R17 Jun 1983
    • PhysicalR8 Nov 2011
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1516 Feb 1983
    • Theatrical (limited)15Re-Release2 Dec 2022
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM29 Mar 1984
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)15+Projekt 10015 Jan 2004
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1517 Jan 1983
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1621 Jan 1983
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical129 Mar 1983
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical168 Oct 1983
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical (limited)19 Dec 2019
  • ItalyIT

    • Premiere14+Venice Film Festival9 Sept 1983
    • Theatrical3 Dec 1983
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical123 Mar 1983
    • Theatrical12Re-release12 Jun 2008
    • Theatrical12Re-release20 Dec 2018
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/1226 May 1983
    • TheatricalM/12re-release12 Jan 2014

Frequently asked questions

Fanny and Alexander was released on 17 December 1982.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CRCulver

    10/17/2018

    8/10

    Released in 1982 in a 5-hour version for Swedish television and cut to 180 minutes for theatrical release, <i>Fanny and Alexander</i> was meant to be Ingmar Bergman's last film. Though the great auteur lived on another 25 years and even wrote and directed some smaller projects, <i>Fanny and Alexander</i> can still be seen as a great capstone to decades of legendary cinema. FANNY AND Alexander deals with the great …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    2/4/2024

    7/10

    The eponymous children (Pernilla Allwin and Bertil Guve) live an happy upper-middle class life with their theatre-manager father "Oskar" (Allan Edwall) and mother "Emilie" (Ewa Fröling) and are looking forward to Christmas. Parties ensue and a good time is had by all until the father is suddenly taken ill. His death follows swiftly and their mother is soon being wooed by the rather puritanical bishop "Vergerus" (Jan …

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