Synopsis
The story is set in 1907 Uppsala, Sweden, and deals with a young boy named Alexander, his sister Fanny, and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls. The siblings' parents are both involved in theater and are happily married until the father's sudden death. Shortly thereafter, the mother mistakenly marries a conservative church leader, and their lives change forever.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (15)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Gaumont
- Co-production : FR3 (France Régions 3)
- Foreign production companies : Personafilm, Svenska Filminstitutet (Swedish Film Institute), Tobis Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
Full credits (5)
- Executive Producers : Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Nicolas Seydoux, Alain Poiré
- Director of Photography : Sven Nykvist
- Music Composer : Daniel Bell
- Editor : Sylvia Ingemarsson
- Foreign producers : Ingmar Bergman, Renzo Rossellini, Jörg Donner
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Melancholic comedy
- Themes : Love
- Production language : Swedish
- Coproducer countries : Sweden (70.0%), France (30.0%)