Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)

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Directed by

Ingmar Bergman

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Kristina Adolphson
Siri - Ekdahlska huset

Börje Ahlstedt
Carl Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset

Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset

Kristian Almgren
Putte Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset

Carl Billquist
Police Superintendent Jespersson - Ekdahlska huset

Axel Düberg
Witness to Bishop's Death - Ekdahlska huset

Allan Edwall
Oscar Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset

Siv Ericks
Alida - Ekdahlska huset

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Dickensian drama & fairy tale

9 years, 4 months ago at Apr 27 16:42

doudouce55

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Perhaps one of Bergman’s least known movies, this I consider to be one of his best.

This is an autobiographical tale of a brother and sister born in an aristocratic family in Sweden. The story is part Dickensian drama, part mystical fairy tale.

Yes, it is long and slow, and may put modern action viewers off, but every image is worth seeing. The entire film has a dre... read more

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4 years, 7 months ago at Feb 10 0:01

youngbloods

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This is now my fourth Ingmar Bergman film I have watched, I think this will be my last, as I have not become a fan of Bergman's work at all. This movie is how I expected it be be- Dull, Boring and very very off-putting. Well that's just one way of saying it. It still wasn't as bad as 'Persona', although not far off. First it already started off by having something I absolutely dread in a movie; A ... read more

A classic

6 years, 7 months ago at Feb 7 10:05

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Even though this movie is obviously considered as a massive masterpiece, to be honest, I really had a hard time to care for the damned thing and, I guess, this one belongs to the category 'misunderstood masterpiece’. What I mean by that is that I was able to see all the craft behind it, I could see it was obviously a work of Art but I'm afraid I didn't really get it. Basically, it was not really... read more

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Description: Through the wide eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the great delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling, convivial bourgeois clan living in turn-of-the-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) to be his swan song, and it is the legendary filmmaker's warmest and most autobiographical film, a triumph that combines his trademark melancholy and emotional intensity with an immense joyfulness and sensuality. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this winner of the 1984 Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film, accompanied by rarely seen introductions by Bergm ... (more)

Release date: 17 December 1982
UPC: 037429201022

Tags: Sweden (16), 1980s (15), Family (13), Drama (12), Christmas (12), Childhood (11), 1982 (10), Swedish (8), Mystery (7), Death (7), Ingmar Bergman (6), (5), Boy (5), Funeral (5), Brother And Sister (4), Emotional Abuse (4), Hamlet (4), Brother Sister Relationship (3), Religion (3), Locked Away (3)

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