Fanny and Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
"Glowing, magnificent, enchanting"
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.
Cast
Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl
Bertil Guve
Alexander Ekdahl
Ewa Fröling
Emilie Ekdahl
Jarl Kulle
Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
Börje Ahlstedt
Carl Ekdahl
Gunn Wållgren
Helena Ekdahl
Ernst Günther
Rector Magnificus
Sune Mangs
Mr. Salenius (Actor)
Pernilla Wahlgren
Esmeralda
Seasons
Miniseries
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.
