Fanny and Alexander1984
“Glowing, magnificent, enchanting.”
Created by Ingmar Bergman
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
Seen through the wide, perceptive eyes of young Alexander, this sweeping Swedish saga follows the wealthy Ekdahl family across seasons of celebration and sorrow at the dawn of the twentieth century. Warmth and theatrical excess give way to something far darker as the household's fate shifts and the walls between the living and the dead grow thin. Bergman's semi-autobiographical magnum opus blends domestic drama with genuine unease, where ghosts linger at the edges of memory and a child's imagination may be the only refuge against a suffocating adult world.
Content: Child Abuse, Emotional And Psychological Abuse, Death Of Major Characters, Depictions Of Grief, Period Religious Severity
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Episode 1Premiere10.0Dec 25, 1984 · 99 min · Dir: Ingmar Bergman
Young Alexander glimpses the supernatural before the scattered branches of his family gather at his grandmother's house for a traditional Christmas party. Contains the Prologue and the First Act (The Ekhdal Family Celebrates Christmas).
S1.E2 · Episode 210.0Dec 27, 1984 · 75 min · Dir: Ingmar Bergman
Alexander's family is torn apart by the death of his father, and his mother's subsequent marriage to the icy priest Edvard Vergérus. Fanny and Alexander continue to suffer at the hands of their cruel stepfather while a series of ghosts pay
S1.E3 · Episode 310.0Dec 30, 1984 · 57 min · Dir: Ingmar Bergman
Alexander makes up a story about his stepfather for which he gets brutally punished. Meanwhile Helena discusses with Gustav about his intentions for Maj. Contains the Fourth Act (The Summer's Events).
S1.E4 · Episode 410.0Jan 2, 1985 · 83 min · Dir: Ingmar Bergman
Isak plots to rescue Fanny and Alexander from their stepfather. Contains the Fifth Act (The Demons) and the Epilogue.
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