The complete version runs 312 minutes . It was released in Swedish theatres in 1983 , and screened at the 40th Venice International Film Festival in September 1983 . It subsequently aired as a miniseries on Sveriges Television in four segments , and five episodes of unequal length at Bergman 's demand . They ran 92 , 40 , 37 , 60 and 90 minutes , beginning 25 December 1984 . After debuting at the Swedish Film Institute on 16 September 1984 , '' The Making of Fanny and Alexander '' aired with a television repeat of '' Fanny and Alexander '' in Sweden on 18 August 1986 . In 1991 , the Guinness Book of World Records listed the five-hour version as among the longest films in history . The entire miniseries ran on SVT1 in Sweden on 2 August 2007 , with a 10-minute news cast interruption , rendering it a two-part version . The screenplay was also published as a book and translated into English in 1983
40th Venice International Film Festival
40th Venice International Film Festival
Fanny and Alexander