Miniseries · SVT1
Fanny and Alexander
Glowing, magnificent, enchanting.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl
4 eps
Bertil Guve
Alexander Ekdahl
4 eps
Ewa Fröling
Emilie Ekdahl
4 eps
Jarl Kulle
Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
4 eps
Börje Ahlstedt
Carl Ekdahl
4 eps
Gunn Wållgren
Helena Ekdahl
4 eps
Pernilla August
Maj
1 eps
Ernst Günther
Rector Magnificus
4 eps
Sune Mangs
Mr. Salenius (Actor)
4 eps
Lena Olin
Rosa
1 eps
Pernilla Wahlgren
Esmeralda
4 eps
Peter Stormare
Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer
1 eps
Allan Edwall
Oscar Ekdahl
3 eps
Erland Josephson
Isak Jacobi
2 eps
Jan Malmsjö
Bishop Edvard Vergerus
2 eps
Harriet Andersson
Justina
2 eps
Kerstin Tidelius
Henrietta Vergeus
2 eps
Gunnar Björnstrand
Filip Landahl
1 eps
Stina Ekblad
Ismael Retzinsky
1 eps
Mats Bergman
Aron Retzinsky
1 eps
Christina Schollin
Lydia Ekdahl
1 eps
Mona Malm
Alma Ekdahl
1 eps
Nils Brandt
Herr Morsing
1 eps
Käbi Laretei
Moster Anna von Bohlen
1 eps
Kristian Almgren
Putte
1 eps
Svea Holst
Fru Ester
1 eps
Majlis Granlund
Fru Vega
1 eps
Maria Granlund
Petra
1 eps
Emelie Werkö
Jenny
1 eps
Sovi Rydén
Teatergäst
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Fanny and Alexander actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Fanny and Alexander reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 4 episodes.
- Poster unavailableSpecials
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
19863 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
19844 episodes
10.0IMDbAs children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jörn DonnerProducer
Writing
- Ingmar BergmanWriter
Direction
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
Cinematography
- Sven NykvistDirector of Photography
Music
- Daniel BellOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Criterion ChannelStreaming
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