Bertil Guve

Actor

September 9, 1970 (55 years)

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Biography

Bertil Guve is a Swedish civil engineer M.Sc., and former child actor. He is well-known as "Alexander" in Ingmar Bergman's epic film "Fanny & Alexander" (1982). As of 2023, Guve is a civil engineer at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

Filmography

8.3

Fanny and Alexander

Alexander Ekdahl

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.

7.8

Fanny and Alexander

Alexander Ekdahl

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.

N/A

Minns ni?

(archive footage)

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.

6.9

The Making of Fanny and Alexander

Self

Shot during the making of Fanny and Alexander, this feature-length documentary presents extended behind-the-scenes material from rehearsals and filming sessions, with Bergman at work staging scenes and directing performances. The film focuses on the practical process of production, including collaboration with the principal cast and key crew members such as cinematographer Sven Nykvist and on-set documentarian Arne Carlsson.

6.8

After the Rehearsal

Henrik Vogler (younger)

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.

N/A

Fanny & Alexander: A Bergman Tapestry

Self

Short documentary featuring interviews from the cast and crew of "Fanny and Alexander." Featured on the Criterion Collection box set of the film.

7.0

Come On Then!

uncredited

A 1981 TV film by Hallström about a 35-year-old footballer (played by Swedish pop star Robert Broberg) looking back over his life.

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