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Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander

Glowing, magnificent, enchanting

TV-MA1984•8.3/10
Drama

Ratings

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8.3/10(143)

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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Production

Tobis Film, Cinematograph AB, Gaumont, Personafilm, SVT Drama, Svenska Filminstitutet

Language

SV

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 25, 1984

Last Aired

January 2, 1985

Networks

SVT1

Created By

Ingmar Bergman

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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 1984-12-25
Young Alexander glimpses the supernatural before the scattered branches of his family gather at his grandmother's house for a traditional Christmas party. Contains the Prologue and the First Act (The Ekhdal Family Celebrates Christmas).
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 1984-12-27
Alexander's family is torn apart by the death of his father, and his mother's subsequent marriage to the icy priest Edvard Vergérus. Fanny and Alexander continue to suffer at the hands of their cruel stepfather while a series of ghosts pay visits to the living. Contains the Second Act (The Wraith) and the Third Act (The Breakup).
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 1984-12-30
Alexander makes up a story about his stepfather for which he gets brutally punished. Meanwhile Helena discusses with Gustav about his intentions for Maj. Contains the Fourth Act (The Summer's Events).
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 1985-01-02
Isak plots to rescue Fanny and Alexander from their stepfather. Contains the Fifth Act (The Demons) and the Epilogue.

Cast

Pernilla Allwin

Pernilla Allwin

Fanny Ekdahl

Bertil Guve

Bertil Guve

Alexander Ekdahl

Ewa Fröling

Ewa Fröling

Emilie Ekdahl

Jarl Kulle

Jarl Kulle

Gustav Adolf Ekdahl

Börje Ahlstedt

Börje Ahlstedt

Carl Ekdahl

Gunn Wållgren

Gunn Wållgren

Helena Ekdahl

Ernst Günther

Ernst Günther

Rector Magnificus

Sune Mangs

Sune Mangs

Mr. Salenius (Actor)

Pernilla Wahlgren

Pernilla Wahlgren

Esmeralda

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