Fanny And Alexander
Set in 1910, Bergman’s late masterpiece traces the joys and sorrows of the Ekdahls, a family of theatre performers in the town of Uppsala (his birthplace). The broad canvas includes the local bishop, a zealot who marries one of the Ekdahl women and incarcerates her children in the dreary church mansion. Those stalwart pillars of Bergman’s world, church and theatre, collide in headlong opposition, the one representing dignity and repression, the other hedonism and generosity. From its spectacular opening Christmas celebrations, _Fanny and Alexander_ is an elegiac, magical film in which all of Bergman’s old ghosts are laid to rest.
Cast
Allan Edwall , Pernilla August , Bertil Guve , Pernilla Allwin , Jarl Kulle , Ewa Fröling , Jan Malmsjö
Director
Languages
English, German, French, Swedish, Yiddish
Countries
France, Germany, Sweden