TV series

Fanny and Alexander

1984–1985 · 1 season

A glowing, enchanted family saga that slowly turns cold and frightening, rich with ghosts, warmth and cruelty.

Created by: Ingmar Bergman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling

Tagline: Glowing, magnificent, enchanting.
Overview: 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.

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Created by: Ingmar Bergman
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
identity
isolation
betrayal
Places: single country house
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	4
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Created by: Ingmar Bergman
Written by: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, Jarl Kulle, Börje Ahlstedt, Gunn Wållgren, Pernilla August, Ernst Günther
Music: Daniel Bell
Cinematography: Sven Nykvist
Length: 1 seasons, 4 episodes
Network: SVT1
Country: Germany, France, Sweden
Languages: English, German, Swedish, Yiddish

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