The Witch
2016 · Horror · Drama
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Film / 1982
Fanny and Alexander
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
As 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.
The story
As 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.
Cast
Pernilla AllwinFanny Ekdahl
Bertil GuveAlexander Ekdahl
Jan MalmsjöBishop Edvard Vergerus
Ewa FrölingEmilie Ekdahl
Gunn WållgrenHelena Ekdahl
Börje AhlstedtCarl Ekdahl
Anna BergmanHanna Schwartz
Kristina AdolphsonSiri
Erland JosephsonIsak Jacobi
Mats BergmanAron Retzinsky
Jarl KulleGustav Adolf Ekdahl
Allan EdwallOscar Ekdahl
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Harriet AnderssonJustina
Gunnar BjörnstrandFilip Landahl
Stina EkbladIsmael Retzinsky
Pernilla AugustMaj
Mona MalmAlma Ekdahl
Christina SchollinLydia Ekdahl
Kerstin TideliusHenrietta Vergerus
Inga ÅleniusLisen
Hugo HassloGlee Singer
Kristian AlmgrenPutte Ekdahl
Carl BillquistPolice Superintendent Jespersson
Axel DübergWitness to Bishop's Death
Siv EricksAlida
Patricia GélinStatue
Majlis GranlundMiss Vega
Maria GranlundPetra Ekdahl
Eva von HannoBerta
Sonya HedenbrattAunt Emma
Olle HildingOld Clergyman
Svea HolstMiss Ester
Käbi LareteiAunt Anna von Bohlen
Lena OlinRosa
Gösta PrüzeliusDoctor Fürstenberg
Hans StrååtClergyman at Wedding
Emelie WerköJenny Ekdahl
Marianne AminoffBlenda Vergérus
Mona AnderssonKarna
Hans Henrik LerfeldtElsa Bergius
Marrit OhlssonMalla Tander
Nils BrandtMr. Morsing
Lars-Owe CarlbergGlee Singer
Gus DahlströmProps Man
Ernst GüntherRector Magnificus
Heinz HopfTomas Graal
Sune MangsMr. Salenius
Peter StormareYoung Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer
Maud HyttenbergMiss Sinclair
Sven-Erik JacobssonGlee Singer
Marianne NielsenSelma
Pernilla Wahlgren
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