Fanny and Alexander

June. 17,1983      R
Rating:
8.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Pernilla Allwin as  Fanny Ekdahl
Bertil Guve as  Alexander Ekdahl
Jan Malmsjö as  Bishop Edvard Vergerus
Börje Ahlstedt as  Carl Ekdahl
Gunn Wållgren as  Helena Ekdahl
Kristina Adolphson as  Siri
Erland Josephson as  Isak Jacobi
Mats Bergman as  Aron Retzinsky
Jarl Kulle as  Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
Allan Edwall as  Oscar Ekdahl

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