Jane Eyre (1996)

  • NR
  • 04/12/1996 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 52m

The passionate tale of forbidden secrets!

Overview

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Charlotte Brontë

Novel

Franco Zeffirelli

Screenplay, Director

Hugh Whitemore

Screenplay

Cast

William Hurt's headshot

William Hurt

Rochester
Charlotte Gainsbourg's headshot

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Jane Eyre
Joan Plowright's headshot

Joan Plowright

Mrs. Fairfax
Anna Paquin's headshot

Anna Paquin

Young Jane Eyre
Geraldine Chaplin's headshot

Geraldine Chaplin

Miss Scatcherd
Billie Whitelaw's headshot

Billie Whitelaw

Grace Poole
Maria Schneider's headshot

Maria Schneider

Bertha
Elle Macpherson's headshot

Elle Macpherson

Blanche Ingram

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