Fanny and Alexander Movie Review 1983

The culmination of Bergman's career, this autobiographical film is set in a rural Swedish town in 1907. It tells the story of one year in the lives of the Ekdahl family, as seen by the young children, Fanny and Alexander. Magic and religion, love and death, reconciliation and estrangement are skillfully captured in this carefully detailed, lovingly photographed film. In Swedish with English subtitles or dubbed.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 197 minutes.
Originally from Swedish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1900s, Brothers & Sisters, This Is Your Life, Childhood Visions, Family Drama, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Ingmar Bergman

Cast

Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wallgren, Allan Edwall, Ewa Froling, Erland Josephson, Harriet Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Jan Malmsjo

Cinematography

Sven Nykvist

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Music

Daniel Bell

Producer

Cinematograph AB

Awards

Oscars 1983: Art Dir./Set Dec., Cinematog., Costume Des., Foreign Film; Cesar 1984: Foreign Film; Golden Globes 1984: Foreign Film; L.A. Film Critics 1983: Cinematog., Foreign Film; N.Y. Film Critics 1983: Director (Bergman), Foreign Film.