Fanny and Alexander

Overview

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.

• Pernilla AllwinFanny Ekdahl
• Bertil GuveAlexander Ekdahl
• Jan MalmsjöBishop Edvard Vergerus
• Ewa FrölingEmilie Ekdahl
• Gunn WållgrenHelena Ekdahl
• Börje AhlstedtCarl Ekdahl
• Anna BergmanHanna Schwartz
• Kristina AdolphsonSiri
• Erland JosephsonIsak Jacobi
• Mats BergmanAron Retzinsky