Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 188 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Sweden, Germany, France
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Swedish — subtitles on.
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.
- dying and death
- child abuse
- sibling relationship
- funeral
- loss of loved one
- sweden
- bishop
- theatre group
- child prodigy
- dysfunctional family
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Pernilla Allwin
Fanny Ekdahl
Bertil Guve
Alexander Ekdahl
Jan Malmsjö
Bishop Edvard Vergerus
Ewa Fröling
Emilie Ekdahl
- Gunn Wållgren — Helena Ekdahl
- Börje Ahlstedt — Carl Ekdahl
- Anna Bergman — Hanna Schwartz
- Kristina Adolphson — Siri
- Erland Josephson — Isak Jacobi
- Mats Bergman — Aron Retzinsky
- Jarl Kulle — Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
- Allan Edwall — Oscar Ekdahl
- Harriet Andersson — Justina
- Gunnar Björnstrand — Filip Landahl
- Stina Ekblad — Ismael Retzinsky
- Directed
- Ingmar Bergman
- Written
- Ingmar Bergman
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 907 ratings
- Studio
- Cinematograph AB, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Gaumont, Personafilm, Tobis
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
