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.

• Cinematograph AB
• Svenska Filminstitutet
• Pernilla Allwin
• Bertil Guve
• Jan Malmsjö
• Börje Ahlstedt
• Anna Bergman
• Gunn Wållgren
• Kristina Adolphson
• Erland Josephson