Fanny and Alexander (1982) on Netflix
R188 minsDrama
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Two young Swedish children experience the many comedies and tragedies of their family, the Ekdahls. —Karl Krejci It's the early twentieth century Sweden. Adolescent siblings Alexander and Fanny Ekdahl lead a relatively joyous and exuberant life with their well-off extended paternal family, led by the family…
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- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Writer
- Ingmar Bergman
- Studios
- Production companies, Cinematograph AB, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Gaumont
Cast
- Kristina Adolphsonas Siri - Ekdahlska huset
- Kristian Almgrenas Putte Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset
It's the early twentieth century Sweden. Adolescent siblings Alexander and Fanny Ekdahl lead a relatively joyous and exuberant life with their well-off extended paternal family, led by the family matriarch, their grandmother, Helena Ekdahl. The openness of the family culture is exemplified by Helena's now deceased husband ending up becoming best friends with one of her lovers, a Jewish puppet maker named Isak Jacobi, and their Uncle Gustav Adolf's open liaison with one of the family maids, Maj, who everyone in the family adores, even Gustav Adolf's wife, Alma. Between the siblings, Alexander in particular has inherited the family's love of storytelling, his parents and his grandmother who are actors and who manage their own theater. Things change for Alexander and Fanny when their father, Oscar, dies shortly after Christmas 1907. Although she truly does believe she loves him, the children's mother, Emilie, decides to marry Bishop Edvard Vergérus, who she first met as the officiate at Oscar's funeral. She also wants a father figure for the children. Going into the marriage, Emilie has inclinations that it will be a much different life than she had with the Ekdahls, but is not…
