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.
Bertil Guve
as Alexander Ekdahl
Pernilla Allwin
as Fanny Ekdahl
Jan Malmsjö
as Bishop Edvard Vergerus
Ewa Fröling
as Emilie Ekdahl
Gunn Wållgren
as Helena Ekdahl
Börje Ahlstedt
as Carl Ekdahl
Anna Bergman
as Hanna Schwartz
Kristina Adolphson
as Siri
Erland Josephson
as Isak Jacobi
Mats Bergman
as Aron Retzinsky
Jarl Kulle
as Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
Allan Edwall
as Oscar Ekdahl
