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5 videodiscs (approximately 312 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #262
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Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes the children's refuge
Originally released as a motion picture in 1982
Special features: New high-definition digital transfer; Ingmar Bergman's feature-length documentary "The making of Fanny and Alexander"; "Ingmar Bergman bids farewell to film", a 60-minute conversation between Bergman and Nils Petter Sundgren made for Swedish television in 1984; audio commentary on the theatrical version by film scholar Peter Cowie; New video interviews with producer Jörn Donner, production manager Katinka Farago, art director Anna Asp, assistant director Peter Schildt, and actors Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, Pernilla August and Erland Josephson; introduction by Bergman to eleven of his films; a selection of Bergman theatrical trailers; costume sketches and video footage of the models for the film's sets; stills gallery
Cinematography, Sven Nykvist ; art director, Anna Asp ; editor, Sylvia Ingemarsson ; music, Daniel Bell, Frans Helmerson, Marianne Jacobs ; costume designer, Marik Vos
Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, Pernilla August, Erland Josephson, Harriet Andersson, Allan Edwall
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, RDSL dual-layer
Swedish dialogue, with optional English subtitles
Academy Awards, USA, 1984: Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Anna Asp, Susanne Lingheim); Best Cinematography (Sven Nykvist); Best Costume Design (Marik Vos-Lundh); Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden)