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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
France Sweden Federal Republic of Germany
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Year
1982
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Television
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- Fanny och Alexander Original Swedish
- Fanny und Alexander Alternative German
- Fanny et Alexandre Alternative French
Introduction
“Fanny and Alexander is, without a doubt, Bergman’s most richly orchestrated work. In this, his valediction to the cinema, the director invites us to a banquet of seldom-seen richness and splendor.”
Stig Björkman, The Criterion Collection
He’s famed for his intense, philosophically bleak chamber dramas, but Bergman’s expansive autobiographical film Fanny and Alexander found him in warmer, more celebratory mode.
The story of a brother and sister growing up in an upper-middle-class family in Uppsala in the 1900s, Bergman’s film – which exists both as a five-hour television version and a three-hour edit for cinemas – contains trademark scenes of marital infighting, desperate grief, and searching existential enquiry, with young Alexander inquisitively probing at the boundaries of God’s power while resenting the authoritarian hand of his priest stepfather. However, although Bergman is as attuned as ever to the anguish of life, there is also much that is fondly recalled, from toy theatres and magic lantern shows to family Christmases and favoured relatives.
For years this was expected to be Bergman’s final work, but after two decades he returned with the astringent psychological drama Saraband (2004).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Siri, housemaid, Ekdahl residence
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Carl Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence
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Fanny Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence
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Putte, Ekdahl residence
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police superintendent, Ekdahl residence
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witness, Ekdahl residence
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Oscar Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence
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Alida, Emilie's cook, Ekdahl residence
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Emilie Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence
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statue, Ekdahl residence
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Vega, Helena's cook, Ekdahl residence
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Petra Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence
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Alexander Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence
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Berta, Helena's housemaid,Ekdahl residen
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Aunt Emma, Ekdahl residence
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old clergyman, Ekdahl residence
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Ester, Helena's parlourmaid, Ekdahl resi
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Gustav Adolf Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence
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Aunt Anna, Ekdahl residence
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Alma Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence
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Rosa, new nursemaid, Ekdahl residence
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Dr Fürstenberg, Ekdahl residence
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Lydia Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence
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clergyman at wedding, Ekdahl residence
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Maj Kling, Emilie's nursemaid, Ekdahl re
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Lisen, Emilie's housemaid, Ekdahl reside
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the colonel, Ekdahl residence
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Blenda Vergérus, bishop's mother
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Justina, kitchen maid, Bishop's palace
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Karna, housemaid, Bishop's palace
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Pauline, Bishop's palace
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Elsa Bergius, bishop's aunt
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Bishop Edvard Vergérus
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Selma, housemaid, Bishop's palace
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Malla Tander, cook, Bishop's palace
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Henrietta Vergérus, bishop's sister
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Esmeralda, Bishop's palace
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Miss Hanna Schwartz, theatre
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Filip Landahl, theatre
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., theatre
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Mr Morsing, theatre
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glee singer, theatre
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props man, theatre
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dean of the university, theatre
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glee singer, theatre
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Tomas Graal, theatre
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Miss Sinclair, theatre
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glee singer, theatre
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Miss Palmgren, theatre
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prompter, theatre
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office manager, theatre
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Johan Armfeldt, theatre
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Mr Salenius, theatre
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Mikael Bergman, theatre
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., theatre
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Grete Holm, theatre
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., theatre
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the colonel, theatre
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theatre orchestra
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theatre orchestra
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theatre orchestra
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theatre orchestra
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theatre orchestra
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theatre orchestra
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theatre orchestra
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theatre orchestra
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theatre orchestra
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Isak Jacobi, Jacobi's house
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Ismael, Jacobi's house
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Aron, Jacobi's house
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Japanese lady, Jakobi's house
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Japanese lady, Jacobi's house
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Japanese lady, Jacobi's house
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., Jacobi's house
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[Jenny Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence]
Emilie Werkö (uncredited)
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[Helena Ekdahl, Ekdahl residence]
Gunn WÅllgren (uncredited)
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[Eva]
Angelica Wallgren (uncredited)
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[Karna]
Britta Billsten (uncredited)
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[the officiant priest]
Per Grundén (uncredited)
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[1st young man]
Krister Hell (uncredited)
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[2nd young man]
Peter Stormare (uncredited)
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[Rosa]
Anna Rydberg (uncredited)
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Assistant Director
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Continuity
Production:
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Copyright/©
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Producer
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Unit manager
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Unit manager
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Production Manager
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Production Accountant
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Administrator
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Administrator
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Administrator
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Production Secretary
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Studio
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Studio
Writing:
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Screenplay
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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2nd Unit Photographer
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Assistant Photographer
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Assistant Photographer
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Gaffer
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Gaffer
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Gaffer
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Gaffer
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Gaffer
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Grip
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Grip
Stills:
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Stills Photography
Special Effects:
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Laterna magica
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Special Effects
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Puppets
Editing:
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Editor
Design:
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Art Director
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Set Decorator
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Technical Supervisor
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Assistant Technical Supervisor
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Assistant Technical Supervisor
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Props
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Props
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Props
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Props
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Construction Foreman
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Construction Grip
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Carpenter
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Carpenter
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Carpenter
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Carpenter
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Carpenter
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Carpenter
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Carpenter
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Carpenter
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Carpenter
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Supervising Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
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Painter
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Costumer
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Costumer
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Costumer
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Costumer
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Assistant Costumer
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Assistant Costumer
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Assistant Costumer
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Assistant Costumer
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Assistant Costumer
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Assistant Costumer
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Seamstress
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Seamstress
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Seamstress
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Seamstress
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Seamstress
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Seamstress
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Seamstress
Make-up:
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Make-up Artist
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Make-up Artist
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Make-up Artist
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Hairstyles
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Hairstyles
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Hairstyles
Film processing:
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Laboratory
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Laboratory
Music:
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Music
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Military Band Conductor
Choreography:
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Choreography
Sound:
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Sound/Mix
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Sound/Mix
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Sound/Mix
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Sound/Mix
Stunts:
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Stunts
Consultant:
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Teacher
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Driver
Publicity:
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Press Representative
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