Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1982 • Sweden
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended Fanny and Alexander as his swan song, and it is the legendary director's warmest and most autobiographical film, a four-time Academy Award-winning triumph that combines his trademark melancholy and emotional intensity with immense joy and sensuality. Bergman described Fanny and Alexander as “the sum total of my life as a filmmaker.”
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1982 • Sweden
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended Fanny and Alexander as his swan song, and it is the leg...
Recorded in 2004, this commentary features film scholar Peter Cowie, author of Ingmar Bergman: A Critical Biography.
This 2004 documentary features producer Jörn Donner, production manager Katinka Faragó, art director Anna Asp, assistant director Peter Schildt, and actors Pernilla August, Ewa Fröling, Bertil Guve, and Erland Josephson reflecting on their experiences working with director Ingmar Bergman on FANNY...
In this candid conversation with film critic Nils Petter Sundgren, recorded for Swedish television in 1984, director Ingmar Bergman talks about his working methods, his childhood, and his decision to quit filmmaking.
Anna Asp won an Academy Award, with set decorator Susanne Lingheim, for the art direction of FANNY AND ALEXANDER. Presented here is footage of some of Asp’s set models.
