| Edition |
Theatrical version. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (ca. 188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 263 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 263.
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, RDSL dual-layer. |
| Language |
Swedish dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Bertil Guve, Ewa Froling, Pernilla August, Erland Josephson, Harriet Andersson, Allan Edwall. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Sven Nykvist ; art director, Anna Asp ; editor, Sylvia Ingemarsson ; music, Daniel Bell, Frans Helmerson, Marianne Jacobs ; costume designer, Marik Vos ; producer, Jorn Donner ; written by Ingmar Bergman ; directed by Ingmar Bergman. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Note |
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. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards, USA, 1984: Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Anna Asp, Susanne Lingheim); Best Cinematography (Sven Nykvist); Best Costume Design (Marik Vos-Lundh); Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden). |
| Subject |
Brothers and sisters -- Sweden -- Drama.
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Families -- Sweden -- Drama.
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Remarriage -- Sweden -- Drama.
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Siblings -- Sweden -- Drama.
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Family -- Sweden -- Drama.
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Remarriage -- Sweden -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films -- Sweden.
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Family -- Feature.
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| Added Author |
Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007.
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Guve, Bertil, 1971-
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Froling, Ewa, 1952-
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August, Pernilla, 1958-
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Josephson, Erland, 1923-2012.
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Andersson, Harriet.
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Nykvist, Sven, 1922-2006.
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Bell, Daniel, 1928-
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Helmerson, Frans, 1945-
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Jacobs, Marianne, 1946-
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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Tobis Filmkunst GmbH.
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Personafilm GmbH.
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Gaumont International.
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Cinematograph (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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| Added Title |
Fanny and Alexander |
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Ingmar Bergman's Fanny & Alexander |
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Fanny och Alexander (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
0780029437 |
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9780780029439 |
| Standard No. |
037429201022 |
| Music No. |
FAN060 Criterion Collection |
| Standard No. |
NZ1 9086487 |
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