Fanny and Alexander
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.
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
- Studio: Cinematograph AB, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Gaumont, Personafilm, Tobis
- Keyword: dying and death, child abuse, sibling relationship, funeral, loss of loved one, sweden, bishop, theatre group, child prodigy, dysfunctional family, ghost, hamlet, turn of the century, christmas, 1900s, 20th century, family chronicle
- Cast: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Jan Malmsjö, Börje Ahlstedt, Anna Bergman, Gunn Wållgren