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25/12/1984 Drama 1h 23m
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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.

Top billed cast

  1. Pernilla Allwin

    Fanny Ekdahl

  2. Bertil Guve

    Alexander Ekdahl

  3. Ewa Fröling

    Emilie Ekdahl

  4. Jarl Kulle

    Gustav Adolf Ekdahl

  5. Börje Ahlstedt

    Carl Ekdahl

  6. Gunn Wållgren

    Helena Ekdahl

  7. Ernst Günther

    Rector Magnificus

  8. Sune Mangs

    Mr. Salenius (Actor)

  9. Pernilla Wahlgren

    Esmeralda

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Current Season

Season 1

 1984 | 4 Episodes

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.

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Status
Ended

Original Language
Swedish

Original Name
Fanny och Alexander

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