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Fanny och Alexander [videorecording] / en film av Ingmar Bergman ; producent, Jèorn Donner ; produktion, Cinematograph, fèor Svenska Filminstitutet ... [et al.] ; manus och regie, Ingmar Bergman.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: FAN060 | CriterionLanguage: Swedish, English Summary language: English Original language: Swedish Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 263Publication details: Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2004]Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0780029437
  • 9780780029439
  • 0780029070 (set)
  • 9780780029071 (set)
Other title:
  • Title on container: Fanny & Alexander
  • Fanny and Alexander
Uniform titles:
  • Fanny och Alexander (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00514
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Sven Nykvist ; art director, Anna Asp ; editor, Sylvia Ingemarsson ; music, Daniel Bell, Frans Helmerson, Marianne Jacobs ; costume designer, Marik Vos.
Cast: Bertil Guve, Ewa Frèoling, Pernilla August, Erland Josephson, Harriet Andersson, Allan Edwall.Summary: Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes the children's refuge.
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DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 00514 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000040156

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

Swedish dialogue with optional English subtitles, or optional English-dubbed audio track.

"The theatrical version"--Disc label.

Bertil Guve, Ewa Frèoling, Pernilla August, Erland Josephson, Harriet Andersson, Allan Edwall.

Cinematography, Sven Nykvist ; art director, Anna Asp ; editor, Sylvia Ingemarsson ; music, Daniel Bell, Frans Helmerson, Marianne Jacobs ; costume designer, Marik Vos.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes the children's refuge.

Special features: audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; original theatrical trailer.

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