Fanny & Alexander [Criterion Collection] [3 Discs] [Blu-ray]

Director: Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman

Overview

In 1982, Ingmar Bergman emerged with one of his most singularly acclaimed films - a work that dramatically broke away from much of the moody psychodrama that characterized such earlier motion pictures as Cries & Whispers and Hour of the Wolf. Entitled Fanny and Alexander, and originally intended as the director's "swan song," this epic plunges into the life of a theatrical family named the Ekdahls, in turn-of-the-century Sweden. Bergman filters life through the eyes of the two titular Ekdahl children (Pernilla Alwin and Bertil Guve), as they come of age, lose their father unexpectedly, and must contend with their mother's remarriage to an uncaring, dictatorial clergyman from whom there seems to be no escape. Instantly hailed as a masterpiece, Fanny won a slew of international awards, including four Oscars. Yet curiously, the three-hour theatrical version seen in the U.S. did not represent the full depth and breadth of Bergman's vision. He also prepared a five-hour version for Swedish television, one that ran locally as a miniseries in 1984, in four separate installments. The extended running time gives the director to further develop and flesh out his characters, substories and themes, and will thus strike many fans of the original film as a remarkable discovery.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/08/2011
UPC:	0715515088718
Original Release:	1983
Rating:	R
Source:	Criterion Collection
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	10:18:00
Sales rank:	10,193

Special Features

Disc Two: Audio Commentary featuring film scholar Peter Cowie; Theatrical trailer; ; Disc Three: The Supplements - The Making of "Fanny and Alexander"; Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film, a conversation between Bergman and film critic Nils Petter Sundgren, recorded for Swedish television in 1984; ; A Bergman Tapestry, a documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew; Stills gallery; Costume sketches and footage of the models for the film's sets; ; Plus: A booklet featuring essays by documentarian and film historian Stig Björkman, Novelist Rick Moody, and film scholar Paul Arthur

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Pernilla Allwin	Fanny Ekdahl
Bertil Guve	Alexander Ekdahl
Gunn Wallgren	Helena Ekdahl,Maj,Eva
Christina Schollin	Lydia Ekdahl
Allan Edwall	Oscar Ekdahl
Jarl Kulle	Gustav-Adolph Ekdahl
Mona Malm	Alma Ekdahl
Kerstin Tidelius	The Bishop's Sister
Erland Josephson	Isak Jacobi
Stina Ekblad	Ismael
Kabi Laretei	Aunt Anna
Sonya Hedenbratt	Aunt Emma
Svea Holst	Miss Ester
Majlis Granlund	Miss Vega,Petra
Emilie Werko	Jenny
Siv Ericks	Alida
Eva von Hanno	Berta
Licka Sjoman	Grete Holm
Per Mattson	Mr. Mikael Bergman
Sune Mangs	Mr. Salenius
Ake Lagergren	Johan Armfeldt
Tore Karte	Administrative Director,Prompter
Marianne Karlbeck	Actor
Kristina Adolphson	Siri - Ekdahlska huset
Börje Ahlstedt	Carl Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset
Carl Billquist	Police Superintendent Jespersson - Ekdahlska huset
Axel Düberg	Witness to Bishop's Death - Ekdahlska huset
Ewa Fröling	Emilie Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset
Lena Olin	Rosa - Ekdahlska huset
Gösta Prüzelius	Doctor Fürstenberg - Ekdahlska huset
Hans Strååt	Clergyman at Wedding - Ekdahlska huset
Pernilla August	Maj - Ekdahlska huset
Emelie Werkö	Jenny Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset
Gunn Wållgren	Helena Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset
Inga Ålenius	Lisen - Ekdahlska huset
Harriet Andersson	Justina - Biskopsgården,Karna (Maid) - Biskopsgården
Hans Henrik Lerfeldt	Elsa Bergius - Biskopsgården
Jan Malmsjö	Bishop Edvard Vergerus - Biskopsgården
Gunnar Björnstrand	Filip Landahl - Teatern
Lars-Owe Carlberg	Glee Singer - Teatern
Marianne Aminoff	Bishop's mother Blenda
Mats Bergman	Aron,Miss Hanna Schwartz
Nils Brandt	Mr. Morsing
Kristian Almgren	Putte
Heinz Hopf	Tomas Graal
Maud Hyttenberg	Mrs. Sinclair
Daniel Bell	Composer
Marianne Jacobs	Composer
Frans Helmerson	Composer

Technical Credits

Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman	Director,Screenwriter
Jorn Donner	Executive Producer,Producer
Daniel Toscan du Plantier	Producer
Björn Gunnarsson	Sound Effects
Lasse Liljeholm	Sound Effects
Bo Persson	Sound Effects
Owe Svensson	Sound Effects