Fanny and Alexander

Wintry outdoor shots from director Ingmar Bergman, abbreviated credits, and the introduction of matriarch Helena (Gunn Wallgren) and some of her household staff in turn-of-the-century Sweden, from Fanny And Alexader, 1982.

The absorbing opening, introducing Bertil Guve as "Alexander," mostly alone in the family home in Uppsala, holiday season in early 20th century Sweden, from Ingmar Bergman's Fanny And Alexander, 1982.

At the Christmas party, mother Emilie (Ewa Froling) visiting with a cousin then Uncle Carl (Borje Ahlstedt) takes Alexander (Bertil Guve), Fanny (Pernilla Allwin, bow in her hair) and other cousins aside, an earthy moment from Ingmar Bergman's Fanny And Alexander, 1982.