خلاصه داستان : "هنریک ولگر" کارگردان آرام و متفکر تئاتر معمولا پس از تمرینات در سالن می ماند تا فکر کرده و طرح نمایش را آماده کند. یک روز "آنا" در جستجوی یک دستبند باز می گردد. او درباره نفرتش از مادر خود که از دنیا رفته می گوید، بازیگری الکلی که عشق و ستاره "ولگر" بوده است...

Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She talks of her hatred for her mother, now dead, an alcoholic actress, who was Vogler's star and lover.

خلاصه داستان : در اوایل قرن بیستم ، فانی و اسکندر فرزندان خانواده اکدال در یک شهر سوئدی هستند. آنها تا زمان مرگ پدرشان آقای اسکار زندگی آرام دارند.

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.