Bergmania!
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Synopsis
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander (Bertil Guve), we witness the great delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling, convivial bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) to be his swan song, and it is the legendary filmmaker’s warmest and most autobiographical film, a triumph that combines his trademark melancholy and emotional intensity with immense joyfulness and sensuality. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this winner of the 1984 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, accompanied by rarely seen introductions by Bergman to eleven of his other films.
Cast
| Carl Ekdahl | Börje Ahlstedt |
| Oscar Ekdahl | Allan Edwall |
| Emilie Ekdahl | Ewa Fröling |
| Gustav Adolf Ekdahl | Jarl Kulle |
| Alexander Ekdahl | Bertil Guve |
| Alma Ekdahl | Mona Malm |
| Fanny Ekdhal | Pernilla Allwin |
| Lydia Ekdhal | Christina Schollin |
| Maj | Pernilla August |
| Helena Ekdhal | Gun Wällgren |
| Bishop Edvard Vergerus | Jan Malmsjö |
| Justina | Harriet Andersson |
| Blenda Vergerus | Marianne Aminoff |
| Henrietta Vergerus | Kerstin Tidelius |
| Isak Jacobi | Erland Josephson |
| Ismael | Stina Ekblad |
| Aron | Mats Bergman |
Credits
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Screenplay | Ingmar Bergman |
| Executive Producer | Jörn Donner |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Assistant director | Peter Schildt |
| Production manager | Katinka Farago |
| Editing | Sylvia Ingemarsson |
| Sound | Björn Gunnarsson, Lars Liljeholm, Bo Persson and Owe Svensson |
| Art director | Anna Asp |
| Set decorator | Susanne Lingheim |
| Costume designer | Marik Vos |
| Music | Daniel Bell |
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound, enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
- A new essay by novelist Rick Moody (The Ice Storm, Purple America, Demonology)
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