Fanny and Alexander

Date: 1982
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Production Company: Cinematograph AB, Svenska Filminstitutet, Gaumont, Persona Film, Sveriges Television, Tobis

Stars: Erland Josephson, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren
Location(s): Stockholm, Uppsala County (Sweden)

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Following the upheavals of siblings Fanny and Alexander Ekdahl, born into a theatrical family, experiencing the death of their father and their mother’s subsequent re-marriage to a pious and austere Bishop.

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Compiled by Neil Webster

Location information has been taken from the post at Movie Tourist: Fanny and Alexander

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As evening draws in, gaslamps are lit. Valvagatan, Uppsala, Sweden

Taken during a two week tour of Sweden in 2005

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Christmas Eve, inside Ekdahl's family home preparations are being made for the family's return from the theatre. Väpnargatan 1, Stockholm

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The camera strains up to the mighty spires of Uppsala Cathedral. Uppsala

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Tilting down we see a building nestled in front

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Tilting further, we rest upon a theatre. Inside the Ekdahls are performing a Nativity play. S:t Eriks torg 5, Uppsala

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Isak (Erland Josephson) deposits a coin on his way to the Ekdahls. Domtrapphuset, S:t Eriks gränd 15

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The Ekdahls return whilst people celebrate Christmas in the street. S:t Eriks torg

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Travelling to the theatre to rehearse Hamlet. Facing south west down Dombron

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As Oscar is taken sick in rehearsals, a cast member tries to stop a carriage. Akademigatan

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No luck with the carriage, so they find a cart to take Oscar home. S:t Eriks torg

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Oscar's funeral 1. Uppsala Cathedral, Domkyrkoplan

Taken in my pre-ReelStreets days, having only a memory that shots of the Cathedral were used!

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Oscar's funeral 2. Uppsala Cathedral, Domkyrkoplan

Only had the day in Uppsala before heading north by train

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As life returns to normal, Alexander (Bertil Guve) runs around the marketplace in a mischievous mood. Dombron

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Looking over the River Fyris to S:t Eriks torg and the cathedral beyond. Östra Ågatan

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Whilst at her summerhouse, Helena (Gunn Wållgren) receives a ghostly warning from Oscar. Björkuddsvägen 14, Saltsjö-Boo, Nacka, Stockholms län

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Carl arrives by yacht to see his mother, Helena. (rear of) Björkuddsvägen 14

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Isak's plan to rescue Fanny and Alexander. Dombron bridge, Uppsala. White building (rear right), the Upplands Museum, used for the exteriors of the Bishop's house