Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.
- Won 4 Oscars
- 25 wins & 12 nominations total
Patricia Gélin
- Staty - Ekdahlska huset
- (as Patricia Gelin)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt the time, the largest film production ever in Sweden (with 60 speaking parts and over 1200 extras) and the most expensive, with a budget of $6 million.
- GoofsAmong the Christmas decorations in the Ekdahl house, there is a garland of miniature flags of the Nordic countries, including the Finnish flag. The Finnish flag was in fact only designed and adopted after Finnish independence in 1917, a decade after the events of the film.
- Quotes
Ekdahlska huset - Helena Ekdahl: Are you sad because you've grown old?
Jacobis hus - Isak Jacobi: I'm certainly not. Everything's getting worse. Worse people, worse machines, worse wars... and worse weather. I'm glad I'll soon be dead.
- Alternate versionsTheatrical version is 188 minutes long. The TV mini-series version is 312 minutes long.
- ConnectionsEdited into Fanny och Alexander (1983)
Featured review
Triumphant
This film could never have been made in the United States. I realize when it was made Bergman had been around for a long time and had his own clout but it still has too much of a philosophical slant to be mainstream here. This film is amazing. The first hour moves at a slow pace but it really sets up the rest of the movie well and then it really picks up. The cinematography is breathtaking and while this story makes you think a lot you don't feel ambivalent towards the characters through the rest of the first film after having been slowly introduced to all the characters you have a certain identifcation that is purely emotional and blends wonderfully with the other aspects of the film. It's truly great and should be considered one of Bergman's best works.
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- ColeSear
- Oct 24, 2001
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Fanny and Alexander
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,783,304
- Gross worldwide
- $6,799,714
- Runtime3 hours 8 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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