Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

108 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | March 9, 1997

Charlotte Bronte's classic novel is filmed yet again. The story of the Yorkshire orphan who becomes a governess to a young French girl and finds love with the brooding lord of the manor is given a standard romantic flare, but sparks do not seem to happen between the two leads in this version.

Jane Eyre

108 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | March 9, 1997

Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's classic novel is filmed yet again. The story of the Yorkshire orphan who becomes a governess to a young French girl and finds love with the brooding lord of the manor is given a standard romantic flare, but sparks do not seem to happen between the two leads in this version.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers London Weekend Television (LWT)
Original title Jane Eyre
Directors Robert Young
Writers Richard Hawley, Kay Mellor, Charlotte Brontë, Peter Wight

Cast

Samantha Morton

as Jane Eyre

Ciarán Hinds

as Edward Rochester

Gemma Jones

as Mrs. Fairfax

Deborah Findlay

as Mrs. Reed

Abigail Cruttenden

as Blanche Ingram

Richenda Carey

as Lady Ingram

Timia Berthome

as Adele

Joanna Scanlan

as Bessie

Peter Wight

as Clergyman

Emily Joyce

as Miss Temple

Laura Harling

as Young Jane

David Gant

as Mr. Brocklehurst

Barbara Keogh

as Miss Abbot

Hermione Gulliford

as Mrs. Fairfax

Ben Sowdon

as John Reed

Gemma Eglinton

as Helen Burns

Val McLane

as Grace Poole

Sophie Reissner

as Bertha Rochester

Ruth Mitchell

as Miss Scatchered

Kay Mellor

as Mrs Cooper

Rupert Penry-Jones

as St John Rivers

Elizabeth Garvie

as Diana Rivers