Fanny och Alexander

1984 - 1985

Episode 1

25th December 1984

Episode 1

Young Alexander glimpses the supernatural before the scattered branches of his family gather at his grandmother's house for a traditional Christmas party. Contains the Prologue and the First Act (The Ekhdal Family Celebrates Christmas).

Episode 2

27th December 1984

Episode 2

Alexander's family is torn apart by the death of his father, and his mother's subsequent marriage to the icy priest Edvard Vergérus. Fanny and Alexander continue to suffer at the hands of their cruel stepfather while a series of ghosts pay visits to the living. Contains the Second Act (The Wraith) and the Third Act (The Breakup).

Episode 3

30th December 1984

Episode 3

Alexander makes up a story about his stepfather for which he gets brutally punished. Meanwhile Helena discusses with Gustav about his intentions for Maj. Contains the Fourth Act (The Summer's Events).

Episode 4

2nd January 1985

Episode 4

Isak plots to rescue Fanny and Alexander from their stepfather. Contains the Fifth Act (The Demons) and the Epilogue.

Top Cast

Pernilla Allwin•Bertil Guve•Ewa Fröling

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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Full Cast

Pernilla Allwin Image

Pernilla Allwin

Fanny Ekdahl

Bertil Guve Image

Bertil Guve

Alexander Ekdahl

Ewa Fröling Image

Ewa Fröling

Emilie Ekdahl

Jarl Kulle Image

Jarl Kulle

Gustav Adolf Ekdahl

Börje Ahlstedt Image

Börje Ahlstedt

Carl Ekdahl

Gunn Wållgren Image

Gunn Wållgren

Helena Ekdahl

Ernst Günther Image

Ernst Günther

Rector Magnificus

Sune Mangs Image

Sune Mangs

Mr. Salenius (Actor)

Pernilla Wahlgren Image

Pernilla Wahlgren

Esmeralda

Full Crew

Bengt Lundgren

Special Effects

Daniel Bell

Original Music Composer

Anna Asp Image

Anna Asp

Art Direction

Sylvia Ingemarsson

Editor

Katinka Faragó Image

Katinka Faragó

Production Manager

Peter Schildt Image

Peter Schildt

Assistant Director

Marik Vos-Lundh Image

Marik Vos-Lundh

Costume Design

Susanne Lingheim

Set Decoration

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