Jane Eyre

Movie

1943

1h 37m

English

Drama, Romance

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After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.

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Jane Eyre

Movie

1943

1h 37m

English

Drama, Romance

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After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.

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Cast

Edward Rochester

Jane Eyre

Adele Varens

Jane Eyre (younger)

Dr. Rivers

Bessie

Henry Brocklehurst

Mrs. Reed

Colonel Dent

Mrs. Fairfax

Lady Ingram

Blanche Ingram

Helen Burns

Bookie (uncredited)

Woman at Party (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

Leah (uncredited)

Erskine Sanford

Mr. Briggs (uncredited)

Mason

Guard

Townsman

Woman at Party

Proprietor

Guard on Coach from Lowood

Charles Coleman

Guard on Coach to Lowood

Alec Craig

Footman

Directed By: Robert Stevenson

Written By: Robert Stevenson (Screenplay), John Houseman (Screenplay), + 2 more

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itsmepreethi says...

2 years ago

This is the first good _Jane Eyre_ adaptation I've seen! It's the only one I'm aware of that actually picks up what the book is putting down. Orson Welles as Mr. Rochester is spectacular, and Joan Fontaine captures Jane perfectly.

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gunsgirl says...

5 years ago

I thought this was a very good well paced movie with great performances by Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. The story flowed well and this earlier versions are much better than the newer ones. A great classic cinema watch.

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Moorogan-deleted-1458203688 says...

11 years ago

Somehow I've found myself getting into a lot of the classic Victorian novels this year (ie. this, Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice etc.), but at least for me the appeal has been in the rich criticism each of those novels aims at 19th century England. So naturally trying to remake a classic like Jane Eyre in the 20th century will come with an inevitable redundancy, unless major themes are reworked. With Aldous Huxley and Orson Welles at the helm I figured something could have come from this, but unfortunately it is all focused on the melodrama.

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John Chard

5 years ago

Are you always drawn to the loveless and unfriended?

Jane Eyre is directed by Robert Stevenson who co-adapts the screenplay with John Houseman, Aldous Huxley and Henry Koster. Based on the Charlotte Brontë novel of the same name, it stars Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine and Peggy Ann Garner. Music i More

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CinemaSerf

2 years ago

Undoubtedly my favourite Brontë story, and amongst the best adaptations of period drama you could ever wish to see. Joan Fontaine is superb in the title role, a girl forced into a brutal orphanage following the death of her father. After many years of abuse at the hands of the monstrous "Brocklehur More

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