Jane Eyre

1943

1h 37m

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6.9/10

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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?

Directors

Robert Stevenson

Writers

Charlotte Brontë(novel by)

John Houseman(screenplay by)

Aldous Huxley(screenplay by)

Stars

Orson Welles

Joan Fontaine

Margaret O'Brien

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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)

John Abbott

Mason

Directors

Robert Stevenson

Writers

Charlotte Brontë(novel by)

John Houseman(screenplay by)

Aldous Huxley(screenplay by)

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7/10

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 "Brocklehurst" (Henry Daniell) she finds a post as a governess to the daughter of the reclusive Edward Rochester (Orson Welles) at his remote, gothic Thornfield Hall. After an initially rocky start with her employer, things begin to thaw between them but is any of it as it seems...? Robert Stevenson has created a wonderfully evocative glimpse at Victorian Britain, and with Charlotte Brontë's superb eye not just for the detail of the story, but for a subtle and nuanced social commentary of a time when - even amongst the most civilised in society - human beings had little, or no value. The film takes it's time to develop the characters, the locations - the use of light, shadow and another striking score from Bernard Hermann all augment the two leading performances offering us a gripping adaptation of a strong, characterful book. I always find that colour is an inherent enemy of stories like this - monochrome is always king, and never more so than here...

Geronimo196726 Jun, 2022