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Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander

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Fanny and Alexander

"Glowing, magnificent, enchanting."

1984- 1985

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

8.3(151 votes)

Ended

Drama

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.

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Production Companies

Gaumont

SVT Drama

Svenska Filminstitutet

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Created by: Ingmar Bergman
Produced by: Jörn Donner

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