Fanny & Alexander
Cinematograph; Gaumont International; Personafilm; SVT Drama; Svenska Filminstitutet; Tobis Filmkunst; Janus Films; producer, Jörn Donner; written by Ingmar Bergman; directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- 1982
- Publication:
- Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2004]
- Distribution:
- Chicago, IL : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment
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- 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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- Language Notes:
- Swedish dialogue, with optional English subtitles.
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- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, RDSL dual-layer.
- Performers:
- Cast: Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, Pernilla August, Erland Josephson, Harriet Andersson, Allan Edwall.
- Production Credits:
- Cinematography, Sven Nykvist ; art director, Anna Asp ; editor, Sylvia Ingemarsson ; music, Daniel Bell, Frans Helmerson, Marianne Jacobs ; costume designer, Marik Vos.
- General Notes:
- Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.
Special features: New high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; a new essay by novelist Rick Moody; includes a bonus disc featuring new introductions by director Ingmar Bergman to eleven of his films, as well as a selection of theatrical trailers.
Academy Awards, 1984: Best Cinematography (Sven Nykvist); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Anna Asp, Susanne Lingheim); Best Costume Design (Marik Vos-Lundh); Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden).
Golden Globes, 1984: Best Foreign Film (Sweden). - Audience:
- Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 188 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- FAN 1982 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780029437
9780780029439 - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 037429201022
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: FAN060 - OCLC Numbers:
- 1042313162
56601447 [Invalid]
