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Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman (THE SEVENTH SEAL) intended FANNY AND ALEXANDER as his swan song, and it is the legendary directors warmest and most autobiographical film, a four-time Academy Award winning triumph that combines his trademark melancholy and emotional intensity with immense joy and sensuality. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the Blu-ray version with both the theatrical release and the original five-hour television version of this great work. Also included in the Blu-ray box set is Bergman's own feature-length documentary THE MAKING OF FANNY AND ALEXANDER, a unique glimpse into his creative process.

Special Features:

• High-definition digital restorations of the television and theatrical versions of Fanny and Alexander
• High-definition digital restoration of Ingmar Bergman's feature-length documentary The Making of Fanny and Alexander
• Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film: A sixty-minute conversation between Bergman and film critic Nils Petter Sundgren recorded for Swedish television in 1984
• Audio commentary on the theatrical version by film scholar Peter Cowie
• A Bergman Tapestry: A documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew
• Costume sketches and footage of the models for the film's sets
• Stills gallery
• Theatrical trailer
• Optional English-dubbed soundtrack for the theatrical version
• Booklet featuring essays by documentarian and film historian Stig Björkman, novelist Rick Moody, and film scholar Paul Arthur