Jane Eyre poster
Director Franco Zeffirelli
Screenplay Franco Zeffirelli, Hugh Whitemore

Jane Eyre

Tagline: The passionate tale of forbidden secrets!

Release Date: 1996-01-20

Duration: 112 minutes

Synopsis

Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to become a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside the school. Her advertisement is answered by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax.

Casting

  • Geraldine Chaplin
    Miss Scatcherd
  • John Wood
    Mr. Brocklehurst
  • Fiona Shaw
    Mrs. Reed
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg
    Jane Eyre
  • Anna Paquin
    Young Jane Eyre
  • Maria Schneider
    Bertha
  • Samuel West
    St John Rivers
  • Joan Plowright
    Mrs. Fairfax
  • Amanda Root
    Miss Temple
  • William Hurt
    Rochester