The Making of Fanny and Alexander

The Making of Fanny and Alexander (Swedish: Dokument Fanny och Alexander) is a 1984 Swedish documentary film directed by Ingmar Bergman which traces the making of his film Fanny and Alexander.[1] Its running length is 110 minutes and it is photographed by Arne Carlsson.[2] It debuted at the Swedish Film Institute on 16 September 1984, with Bergman in attendance to give a speech.[2] It then aired with a television repeat of Fanny and Alexander in Sweden on 18 August 1986.[2] In 2011 in Region A, The Criterion Collection released The Making of Fanny and Alexander on Blu-ray as part of their release of Fanny and Alexander.[3]

The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Directed byIngmar Bergman
CinematographyArne Carlsson
Release date
16 September 1984
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

The film was awarded as "Best documentary" at Chicago International Film Festival 1986 and the Golden Gate Award as "Best film about film" at San Francisco International Film Festival 1987.

Storyline

It is a documentary chronicle of how Ingmar Bergman made an Oscar winning film.[4]

Cast[5]
  • Daniel Bergman -himself
  • Ingmar Bergman -himself
  • Gunnar Björnstrand -himself
  • Allan Edwall -himself
  • Ewa Fröling -herself
  • Lars Karlsson himself
  • Erland Josephson himself
  • Sven Nykvist- himself
  • Peter Schildt- himself

References
  1. "Dokument Fanny och Alexander". Ingmar Bergman. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. Steene, Birgitta (2005). Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 332. ISBN 9053564063.
  3. Cabin, Chris (10 November 2011). "Fanny and Alexander". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. The Making of Fanny and Alexander, retrieved 2019-04-24
  5. The Making of Fanny and Alexander, retrieved 2019-04-24


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