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17 June 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
En film av Ingmar BergmanPlot:
The title characters are children in the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Ingmar Bergman: 1918-2007 (From IMDb News. 30 July 2007)
Legendary Cinematographer Nykvist Dead at 83
(From Studio Briefing. 21 September 2006)
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A Real masterpiece moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)Pernilla Allwin | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Fanny Ekdahl | |
Bertil Guve | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Alexander Ekdahl | |
Börje Ahlstedt | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Carl Ekdahl | |
Allan Edwall | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Oscar Ekdahl | |
Ewa Fröling | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Emilie Ekdahl | |
Gunn Wållgren | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Helena Ekdahl (as Gun Wållgren) | |
Jarl Kulle | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Gustav Adolf Ekdahl | |
Jan Malmsjö | ... | Biskopsgården - Bishop Edvard Vergerus | |
Christina Schollin | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Lydia Ekdahl | |
Kerstin Tidelius | ... | Biskopsgården - Henrietta Vergerus | |
Emelie Werkö | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Jenny Ekdahl | |
Marianne Aminoff | ... | Biskopsgården - Blenda Vergérus | |
Sonya Hedenbratt | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Aunt Emma | |
Svea Holst | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Miss Ester | |
Kristina Adolphson | ... | Ekdahlska huset - Siri |
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Fanny and Alexander (USA)Fanny et Alexandre (France)
Fanny und Alexander (West Germany)
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188 min | Sweden:312 min (director's cut)Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Italy:T | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-13 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Canada:14A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Norway:16 (original rating)MOVIEmeter:
10% since last week why?Fun Stuff
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Peter Stormare makes an uncredited appearance as one of the men helping Isak with the trunk. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: As the bishop and his new wife leave the wedding walking to their new home, a sticker from security company Securitas is visible in the lower corner of a window. moreQuotes:
Ekdahlska huset - Alexander Ekdahl: [to his stepfather] Alexander does not wish the Bishop a good night. moreFAQ
Was the Bishop responsible for how his previous family died?What happens during Uncle Isak's visit to the Bishop's House and how?
Exactly what happens in Uncle Isak's house?
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Most of the ideas revealed through mystery by Bergman in Fanny och Alexander have already been addressed by others. The first time I saw this film was in 1984, on tv and with a much shorter version than the one released in England in 2002, which is the full 300-plus minute original.
That day I was scared -really scared- watching the scene where Alexander is been helped to let out his most evil thoughts by Ishmael, a completely mysterious character with supernatural insight. And then, a blackout. You can imagine: if I was truly scared this left me breathless.
Then, almost twenty years passed until I found this remarkable jewel, in its full version, perfectly digitised and audio-enhanced in dvd. I bought a dlp projector and used a previewing room to show it to my students. I didn't know what was going to happen. But that doubt was worth the waiting.
I think it's very difficult to say any other thing than breathtaking to underline what this film accomplishes. It's the reflected work of years of understanding and hard work between Bergman and Nyvqvist. One of the most powerful, beautiful, fearful and perfect films of all times. An exaggeration, like. Yes, but I think that there are no words to explain how plainly perfect this work is. The way it was written. The way it was directed. The way it was lighted. The way it was designed. The way each and every character plays his or her role. The details -not a Bergman's new- to which they paid the most dedicated attention to. The luxurious use of available light. The setting of the story. The amazing locations. Everything in this film was perfectly studied, down to the colour shifts that would take place in every shot!, forget about whole scenes!
The troubling minds of all those characters whose lives are at crossroads. The powerful and eventful lives of just one familiy. The small and big affairs that affect them. Gratitude and hate. Honour and shame. Guilt and love. Fear and joy. Selfishness and generosity. Every long scene exudes with tension, pure fun or pleasure; with increasing uneasiness and abrupt changes of demeanor. With a richness that could only be found where a very skillful eye -trained to see what most disregard as common- finds beauty and harmony. And a sound that is as exhilarating as the narrative depiction.
When the maxim of making "every frame a Rembrandt" comes to my mind, this film makes me think Bergman pushed the envelope a little further: he gives (or I'd rather say, Nyvqyst) the tratment of Van Der Meer or Bosch or Cezanne or Michelangelo to some scenes. (Think the kids playing at the nursery, the housemaidens sewing socks, the meadow and the boat, the transfixing scene of Alexander in the attic with his mother).
And a story told from the eyes of two kids worth a ton of gold. Alexander's (Bertil Guve, when he was twelve-thirteen) enormously powerful and convincing role can certainly be compared to any big-theatre-role actor.
Superb. Don't think you've seen the whole thing until you get the 5 hour full-story.