Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The title characters are children in the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ingmar Bergman
Written By: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Allan Edwall, Börje Ahlstedt, Ewa Fröling, Jan Malmsjö, Carl Billquist, Kristina Adolphson, Eva von Hanno, Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Maria Granlund
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Franchises: Fanny och Alexander, Bergman's Parents
AKA: Fanny och Alexander
Country: France, Sweden, West Germany
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MartinTeller | 83 77th |
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This 5-hour version that Bergman put together for Swedish television adds significant depth to most of the major characters and, for me at least, gives the film much more emotional heft. The joy that radiates during scenes among the Ekdahls is uncharacteristic for Bergman, but far from unwelcome. What the movie lacks in density it makes up for with outstanding performances, achingly beautiful photography, and the most impressive production design this side of Lord of the Rings.
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Alex Watkins | 6 98th |
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Above all, an old-fashioned ghost story. The solemnity (though suffused with warmth and humor) and ambiguity of its telling lend it an aura of deep mystery, though occasionally its emotions spring forth to the surface in an overwhelming burst of rapture and awe for the beautiful possibilities life and love contain within them. It reminds me most of a Kieslowski film, though with Bergman's own complicated relationship with God underlining its more tragic plot elements. Absolutely divine.
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eveelun | 94 99th |
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Brilliant and engrossing. Bergman handles very deep and dark material more deftly and sympathetically than in any other film of his that I've seen, and furthermore it blends humor, pathos, and touch of magic to what could have been an unbearably depressing tale. Simply fantastic.
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TedDedon | 97 97th |
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Possibly Bergman's overall best, and at the very least the one with the richest sense of style and culture. This is a beautiful movie in every way. It's beautiful in its theological themes and its superb direction and characters. There are few movies as moving or as touching as Fanny and Alexander, and it's really shocking that more scholars don't consider this Bergman's best or at least in the discussion.
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CCLZA | 95 98th |
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The only wrong thing about this piece of cinematic heaven is that it's not long enough. It should last forever.
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Bown | 100 99th |
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Funny and moving, grandiose and intimate, spiritual and human. As harsh as any of Bergman's previous work yet the most completely fucking lovely thing he's ever done. He takes every theme he's worked with in his career and re-tackles them with as much passion as he's ever had. Like Synecdoche crossed with Yi Yi crossed with something that has ghosts in it.
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jimmynmu | 99 99th |
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Bergman manages to draw the viewer in unlike any film I've seen before. The emotional connections I felt with the vivid characters and the absolutely stellar photography made me feel like I was there.
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Suture Self | 11 99th |
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Frightening and extraordinary.
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frederic_g54 | 11 99th |
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(5 hour version) Audaciously combining a range of thought provoking themes and impeccable production design, Bergman and its talented cast have created a lush, exhilarating and highly compelling masterpiece that should satisfy many of you filmlovers. What's captured here on camera is nothing short of refreshing and transcendent and reminds us how beautiful this medium can be. A film not to be missed, thank you Bergman.
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emtilt | 100 99th |
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This rating is for the 312 minute version. The running time is daunting, but it could go on forever and still be totally engrossing and food for a lifetime's thought. This is the cinema mastered.
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purgatos | 100 99th |
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I really don't have the words for this, saying it's fantastic in every way seems like an understatement. This really has to be watched and even at 300 minutes there doesn't seem to be an unnecessary scene to be found anywhere.
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Bmunise | 100 97th |
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Amazing, five hours long and still you want more. This transcends cinema, and it's a shame all the other films I see will be inferior to this.
I love it when amazing filmmakers make incredibly long films. There's so much material, and yet it's edited so that hours of brilliance go by quicker than mediocre minutes.
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AtGiza | 100 99th |
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Absolutely perfect film, that breathes with profound life and humanity! Themes of life, death and everything in between and of course Bergman's wonderful sense of full, human characters. I felt like I was living, laughing and struggling with the Ekdahl family. I was a bit sad when it was over actually. Very powerful film, maybe my favourite ever.
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KlausGlenski | 100 99th |
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This is a classic cause it is so classical.It deals with elementary topics like life,death,love and religion following a classical drama structure. At parts things become reduced too their very essential, the camerawork becomes plain photography and the very essence of a stage is brought to a screen.Malmsjö is so powerful, the more you love his acting the more you start to hate his character.Bergman's directing and his storytelling are simply marvellous.He's the northern magician. 27/01/09
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Farzan | 96 97th |
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A very saddening and heartbreaking film for the most part, but there are many other feelings and emotions Fanny & Alexander evokes. I even had trouble understanding how Bergman could so cleverly craft all the humour, sadness, and the basic Bergman themes of death, and childhood. It is such a massive achievement, that it never really gets boring. With Fanny & Alexander, you will find some unforgettable characters, as well as Nykvists remarkable cinematography. A Masterpiece
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JooJoo | 7 99th |
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Immersion and all of Bergman's previous endeavors refined to their utmost perfection.
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adrian | 90 97th |
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So well-crafted and performed, it remains mesmerizing for most of its lengthy running time. Bergman captures such a remarkable depth and breadth of human emotion and it never feels like melodrama.
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djross | 95 99th |
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Having finally (May 2010) seen the TV version, this is most certainly one of Bergman's masterpieces, and a wonderful disquisition on pain and joy, magic and ghosts, childhood and ageing, and on what in life must be cultivated and what makes life worth living. Ingmar Bergman is the most human of all directors, and probably the greatest. Definitely see the 312-minute version in preference to the theatrical release version.
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Nathan S | 5 93rd |
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(TV Version) It's like Bergman's own personal soliloquy. In fact, this was my first foray into his work, and it seems to be a good starting point and summary of Bergman's career. The story is both sympathetic and tragic, ranging from joyous to devastating, and the cast of characters populating it are nothing short of memorable. An emotional powerhouse of a film (or series... whatever).
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PeaceAnarchy | 94 98th |
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This is one of those films that has so much nuance in it that there's no way a single viewing can do it justice. I watched the long version and the hours just flew by. There's joy, fear and sadness and superb imagery in what is a true masterpiece.
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Anomaly | 100 99th |
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There's an eccentric but lovable collection of characters, all given life and humanity by the excellent acting. There's the wide range of themes, from family to childhood to creativity to death. There's the mysterious and tantalizing shifts between genres. There's the metaphors for art, theater and film. There's the obvious care and joy Bergman feels for the material, which is infectious and holds it all together. No wonder it's 5 hours, and the time just flies by. The best of an amazing career.
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Philip | 86 93rd |
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It might be five hours long, but like my ten year old brother said: "Forrest Gump felt longer". Jan Malmsjö's bishop might be the scariest character in cinematic history.
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lockstock | 100 99th |
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5h versie
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Jeb | 95 87th |
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Saddening, and there's some many feelings and emotions Fanny and Alexander evokes on your spirit. Carefully crafted, and it's hard to believe Bergman could cleverly piece this film together like a jigsaw puzzle. Tackles a number of themes too. If there was ever a way to spend 5 hours of your time, this is definetly worth a view.
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FunkyAstro | 100 99th |
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Where can I even begin? This multiverse epic makes it hard to narrow in on any one theme. It has everything. Love, hate, tolerance, intolerance, life, death, good, evil, religion, atheism, masculinity, femininity, matriarchy, patriarchy, insightful speeches, drunken rants, familial values, adolescence, responsibility, and everything else that is life. The acting is so goddamn impressive it leaves you in awe. The film is so meticulously crafted the fact that it even exists is quite amazing.
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Herzdame | 94 87th |
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A masterpiece that mothers a fusion of reality and fantasy, as both dimensions fluidly interweave with one another and bring forth divergent emotions to the viewer as only Bergman knows how to best craft through his sheer cinematic brilliance. The character depth and inconceivable acting steer us from bleakness to light, from relief to agony and from childhood to aging, through life, tragedy, and magic. It simmers slowly, then burns with accelerating speed onto a beautiful, painful finale.
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Aurens | 100 87th |
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This semi-autobiographical film is one of the best Bergman films, and a deserving of much attention.
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Dorkovsky | 10 99th |
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I loved the theatrical cut when I saw it, but boy, what a waste of 3 hours that ended up being, since I should have just saw this first. Seeing the miniseries version makes the other cut feel like it's been stripped down to the bone.
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aethewulf | 89 93rd |
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Meeting again the spiritual touchings of Bergman which might inspire future obscure movies.. I watched the 188 minute version and am looking forward to finding the longer one..
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Stain | 50 33rd |
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There's much to enjoy about this film, but it's over three hours long, and after the two-hour mark I began to grow weary of it. I know this is a totally blasphemous opinion, but the picture -- and individual scenes therein -- just go on... and on... and on... and on...
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Charlie | 100 99th |
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After first watching the shorter version I can clearly see what was missing there. Now after seeing the long version I saw the whole dimension of this masterpiece. This is just fantastic. The acting, cinematography, set design and especially Bergman's directing fit just so perfectly that of all his brilliant works, this is his magnum opus.
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rthornhill | 75 12th |
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Although I can appreciate alot of the things in this film, I ultimately can't say that I would recommend it, despite it's near universal acclaim.
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hehejaja | 100 99th |
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It doesn't get better than this.
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| 1 | Blake Leyden | 100 98th |
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Bergman perfectly captures everyday occurences in everyday life and makes them extraordinary. Each scene is beautiful and thought out. Based on my ideology that there is no perfect film I am tempted to give this film a 99, however, this is as good as it gets!
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CosmicMonkey | 90 94th |
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Never have the personal lives of characters been so engrossing. Never has the death of a character (Oscar) been so personally traumatic. This is a film on the grandest level. Bergman had an artisitic vision so large and all-consuming that it could not be contained by any single narrative, any single character or any single thematic element. Fanny and Alexander is a vision so grand that only a five-hour running length, or longer, could possibly do it justice.
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M_A | 96 99th |
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I'm stunned that so many actors can instantaneously give so many absolutely perfect performances in one film. A stunner, all the way through.
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KAH | 4 93rd |
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Bergman dealing with his usual themes, this time seen through the eyes of children. It's a mysterious, dream-like vision, backed up by some astounding photography that reminded me of Barry Lyndon because of the use of natural light. The characters are given great depth, and what makes this movie feel so profound is that it reminds us that we in fact all are children, unable to grasp little more than our narrow view of the world. A celebration of life and a denunciation of the idea of a god.
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| 1 | jonnykungfu | 100 99th |
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One of the (if not THE) greatest films I've ever seen. Even at over five hours long, it never gets boring or self-indulgent, always remaining exciting, beautiful, and powerful. I didn't think Bergman had it in him to create such an accessible, yet complex piece of art. Amazing...
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| 1 | damil | 80 90th |
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I wasn't really sure what to make of this film for the first hour or so. There were lots of characters and wasn't sure who was who. However, when it got to the second act, it became really good. I found it to be very compelling and it easily involved me emotionally in the story. It's simply another brilliant piece of filmmaking from Ingmar Bergman.
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bof | 96 99th |
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(Rating for the TV version; film version more like 83). Bergman's last big statement is both a brilliant drama, a fierce defense of dreaming and storytelling to change the world, and a great summation of his character, bringing back both themes and actors from his entire career and making them all work together. After all the increasingly unfunny angst of his 70s films, he (kinda) ends on this: A warm, funny, horriffic, silly, intelligent, and magical symphonic finale.
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Yiannos | 85 97th |
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This is like Bergman's equivalent of The Brothers Karamazov: a voluminous summation of the stylistic and thematic preoccupations of a supreme artist. If he retired after its completion as planned, it would have been the perfect swansong. As it stands, the TV version is a major work by one of film's greatest directors.
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dardan | 93 96th |
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Marks the end of my quest to watch the IMDb top 250 movies, a quest I had set myself on after seeing 12 Angry Men, but soon--though at a point at which it'd be too late to stop--found out how much movie 250 movies is. scrolling through this: http://i.imgur.com/pM3dUFu.jpg?1. http://i.imgur.com/aIbThzX.png
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feublo | 90 90th |
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This time Bergman shares the memories and fantasies that depict his childhood and much of what he imagines in the coming of age. Many themes and emotions that are deeply effective in how the series endures, especially after the first real tragedy. Cinematography, costume and design are all fascinating, right to the fine details which set and pace moods. The characters are wonderful and carry out a theatrical feel that is powerful to Bergman's eye for this film (series version).
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k177105 | 93 85th |
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About tragic struggles on the boundary of fantasies and dreams, irreducible cinematic character of life, how that's absolutely necessary for a life worth living while also always tends to overwhelm it, and how righteousness as a necessary antidote can become a life-exterminating power. So humanely warm, understanding and charming even when it comes to showing suffer, hatred and melancholy: a Bergmanian virtue. (rewatched on 28 December, 2020)
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