TV series

Fanny and Alexander

Name: Fanny and Alexander
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-12-25
Cast: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, Jarl Kulle, Börje Ahlstedt

19841 seasons4 episodes★ 8.3

Drama

Glowing, magnificent, enchanting.

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Overview

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.

Series details

First air date: 1984
Last air date: 1985
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Genres: Drama
Original language: SV
Origin country: SE
Networks: SVT1
Created by: Ingmar Bergman
Production: Cinematograph AB, Gaumont, Personafilm, SVT Drama, Svenska Filminstitutet

Cast

Pernilla Allwin

Fanny Ekdahl

Bertil Guve

Alexander Ekdahl

Ewa Fröling

Emilie Ekdahl

Jarl Kulle

Gustav Adolf Ekdahl

Börje Ahlstedt

Carl Ekdahl

Gunn Wållgren

Helena Ekdahl

Seasons

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Miniseries

1984

4 episodes

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.