Ein Traumspiel
In the end, Helena reads from August Strindberg's 1902 play "A Dream Play": "Anything can happen, all is possible and probable. Time and space do not exist. On an insignificant foundation of reality, imagination spins out and weaves new patterns". As with "A Dream Play", "Fanny and Alexander" explores "the unreality of life itself". Gado suggested the quote refers to memories and imagination, and that all of Bergman's filmography could be dreams forming parts of one dream.