English Summary:
Fanny and Alexander (Swedish: Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 historical period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. Following the death of the eponymous children's father, their mother remarries a prominent bishop who becomes abusive towards Alexander for his vivid imagination.
In 1907, the young boy Alexander, his sister Fanny and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls, live in a Swedish town and run a moderately profitable theatre. At Christmastime, the Ekdahls hold a Nativity play and later a large Christmas party. The siblings' parents, Emilie and Oscar, are happily married until Oscar suddenly dies from a stroke. Shortly thereafter, Emilie marries Edvard Vergérus, the local bishop and a widower, and moves into his home where he lives with his mother, sister, aunt and maids.
Emilie initially expects that she will be able to carry over the free, joyful qualities of her previous home into the marriage, but realises that Edvard's harsh authoritarian policies are unshakable. The relationship between the bishop and Alexander is especially cold, as Alexander invents stories, for which Edvard punishes him severely. As a result, Emilie asks for a divorce, which Edvard will not consent to; though she may leave the marriage, this would be legally considered desertion, placing the children in his custody.
Hungarian Summary:
Az Ekdahl család már két nemzedék óta vezeti az uppsalai Városi Színházat. A nagy család 1907-ben is összegyűlt, hogy együtt ünnepeljék a karásconyt. A két gyermek, Fanny és Alexander szemeivel látjuk kibontakozni a bonyodalmat, amely apjuk halála után kezdődik. Anyjuk hamarosan újra férjhez megy, mint utóbb kiderül, egy érzéketlen, zsarnoki természetű püspökhöz. A gyermekek sokat szenvednek mostohaapjuktól.
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Director : Ingmar Bergman
- Media Format : PAL
- Run time : 181 minutes
- Actors : Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Jan Malmsjö, Börje Ahlstedt, Anna Bergman
- Subtitles: : Hungarian
- Producers : Jörn Donner
- Studio : Gaumont
