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Ingmar Bergman professed to actually preferring the five-hour forty-eight minute version of the film.

At the time, the largest film ever made in Sweden (with 60 speaking parts and over 1200 extras) and the most expensive, with a budget of $6 million.

Famous Swedish song-and-dance man Jan Malmsjö, who is playing the evil bishop Vergerus, thought it was strange that director Ingmar Bergman approached him for a role very much different from anything he had done. He asked Bergman about it, who replied: "Well, I sense some hidden dark and evil streaks inside you, Jan. You have it, I have it, all of us have."

The part of Bishop Edvard Vergérus was written by Ingmar Bergman with Max von Sydow in mind. When the screenplay was completed, von Sydow was contacted about playing the role, which would have been his first in a Bergman film since The Touch (1971). Von Sydow was willing and, in fact, very excited about playing the role. However, Bergman was not aware of this, since von Sydow was in Los Angeles at the time, and could only be reached through his agent who, acting in what he perceived as von Sydow's interest, told Bergman and his producers that von Sydow would only play the role if he could have a percentage of the film's profits, in addition to his salary. The producers, already stretched to their financial limits, of course balked, and told the agent that, sadly, there could be no such compromise, and began looking for other actors to play the pivotal part. By the time von Sydow had learned why his beloved role had been taken from him, Jan Malmsjö had already been cast as the Bishop, and von Sydow lost his chance to star in what would later be known to be Bergman's "last film" (although he would play key roles in Den goda viljan (1992) and Enskilda samtal (1996), both written by Bergman). Von Sydow was furious about the incident, and, by certain accounts, still harbours a bitter grudge about it to this day.

Ingmar Bergman wanted to kick off the six-month-long shoot with "something light and happy", so the first scene that were shot was the wild pillow fight starring all the children.

Ingmar Bergman's first draft of the script, completed in 1979, consisted of about 1,000 handwritten pages.

In his autobiography, Bergman cited Charles Dickens as an influence on his screenplay.

To encourage a more natural performance from his young lead actor, Ingmar Bergman specifically didn't tell Bertil Guve what the film was about and what was going to happen in it.

Ingmar Bergman and cinematographer Sven Nykvist had a big falling-out during shooting, since Nykvist wanted to attend his ex-wife's funeral and Bergman wouldn't allow him to leave the set.

Director Ingmar Bergman suffered serious bouts of hypochondria during shooting, and imagined he had gotten both testicular and stomach cancer at the same time.

In paring down the film to exhibitable length, Bergman said he had to "cut into the nerves and lifeblood of the film".

The funeral scenes outside the church were shot by the crew since the director was sick with the flu.

Ingmar Bergman's work diary was released in Sweden in 2006, revealing that the director had intense doubt in his ability to successfully finish the large undertaking that this film presented. There are constant hypochondriacal complaints about illnesses, misery, and fear he might not finish the movie due to personal concerns.

After playing Alexander, Bertil Guve decided not to pursue a career in acting. He is now a doctor of economics.

Ingmar Bergman shot approximately 24 hours of material.

Last theatrical movie directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Ingmar Bergman's first film in his native Sweden after spending four years as a tax exile in Germany.

Liv Ullmann was originally offered the role of Emilie Ekdahl (played by Ewa Fröling) but turned it down. Ingmar Bergman was very upset and told Ullmann that she'd "lost her birthright".

Originally conceived as a four part TV movie running 312 minutes. The 178 minute version that was created for the cinemas was actually released first.

The heating in the studios didn't work too well during the winter months, so scenes had to be shot in subzero temperatures before extra radiators got properly heated.

Ingmar Bergman stated in an interview that the Ekdahl family was named after the Ekdal family in Ibsen's play The Wild Duck.

The script was written in three months. Pre-production however took a year.

Although she is an eponymous character, Fanny isn't mentioned in the theatrical version of the film until nearly an hour into its running time. Conversely, in the television version, her name is the first word spoken.

Not the first time Ingmar Bergman made a TV mini-series and released a truncated theatrical version to cinemas. He did the same with Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973).

At the end of the film when Emily introduces the idea to Helena that she wants to stage August Strindberg's brand new play "A Dream Play" and that she wishes for Helena to act with her in it, Helena is pretty pessimistic and reluctant about the whole idea and on the mention of Strindberg exclaims: "Oh no... that dreadful woman-hater!". This is somewhat of an in-joke from Bergman towards actress Gunn Wållgren (who portrays grandmother Helena): Gunn Wållgren is first of all well-known as one of Sweden's foremost Strindberg-interpretors ever and secondly; her most successful and praised part on stage was actually the part of Indra's Daughter in "A Dream Play" (a play and a part the actress also loved very much). Gunn Wållgren later in the final scene also recites the first lines of the play's prologue to Alexander.

Ingmar Bergman had Ingrid Bergman in mind when he wrote the role of Helena Ekdahl, grandmother of Fanny and Alexander. The role eventually went to Gunn Wållgren.

Shot in chronological order.

In his diary book kept during shooting, Ingmar Bergman notes that Jan Malmsjö, playing Vergérus, once collapsed due to long shooting hours combined with stage work (6 performances a week).

Ingmar Bergman intended for this to be his last feature, although he subsequently wrote several more screenplays, directed for television and indeed helmed one last cinema release, Saraband (2003).

The story takes place during a span of two years from 1907 to 1909. Alexander is supposed to be 10 years old when the events of the film commence. In real life the young actor Bertil Guve was 11 years old. However Alexander has grown and is 12 years old in the final scenes. This means that by the time the production had wrapped after a six month shooting schedule, Bertil Guve was approximately 12 years old coinciding with his character's age.

All three of the Ekdahl sons are named after Swedish kings. In fact, if we assume that the characters are the same age as the actors who played them, then Oscar Ekdahl would have been born during the reign of Oscar I (reigned 1844- 1859), and Carl during the reign of Karl XV (reigned 1859 - 1872). Gustav Adolf would also have been born three years after Oscar, and thus during the reign of Oscar I as well, so he was presumably named after Gustav II Adolph (reigned 1611 - 1632), who made Sweden an international power during the Thirty Years' War, and who is possibly more famous to movie fans as the father of Queen Christina.

Originally, Fanny and Alexander were planned to have a big sister, Amanda, two years older than Alexander, but the character was left out of the film. She does, however, appear in a book based on the screenplay.

Peter Stormare makes an uncredited appearance as one of the men helping Isak with the trunk.

Bertil Guve was cast on the strength of his appearance in a Lasse Hallström TV movie.

The film takes place from 1907 to 1910.

Gunn Wallgren and Allan Edwall play mother and son, though Edwall was born less than eleven years after Wallgren.

The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.

Final film of Gunnar Björnstrand.

Film debuts of Bertil Guve and Pernilla Allwin, who play the title roles. It also marks as their only theatrical film appearance.

Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

Ranked number 28 non-English-speaking film in the critics' poll conducted by the BBC in 2018.

This film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #263.

Ingmar Bergman: [Vergérus and Egerman] Last names used.

Ingmar Bergman's favorite scene was the one with Alexander and the mummy, much thanks to Sven Nykvist's masterful, haunted lighting.