Fanny and Alexander
Film details
| Film Title | Fanny and Alexander |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 188mins |
| Year | 1982 |
| Country | Sweden, France, West Germany |
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Actors | Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Kristina Adolphson |
| Language | Swedish, German, Yiddish, English, French |
| AKA | Fanny och Alexander |
| Showings |
Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.
Dickensian in its extravagant emotional power – with a hint of Charlotte Bront – and some Chekhov in its melancholy.
★★★★★
A sumptuously produced period piece that is also a rich tapestry of childhood memoirs and moods, fear and fancy, employing all the manners and means of the best of cinematic theatrical from high and low comedy to darkest tragedy.
★★★★★
A big, dark, beautiful, generous family chronicle, which touches on many of the themes from earlier films while introducing something that, in Bergman, might pass for serenity.
★★★★★
