Jane Eyre (1997)
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 meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward 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 Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Director:
Robert Young
Writers:
Peter Wight, Richard Hawley.
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Samantha Morton as Jane Eyre |
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Ciarán Hinds as Edward Rochester |
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Gemma Jones as Mrs. Fairfax |
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Deborah Findlay as Mrs. Reed |
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Abigail Cruttenden as Blanche Ingram |
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Richenda Carey as Lady Ingram |
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Timia Berthome as Adele |
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Joanna Scanlan as Bessie |
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Peter Wight as Clergyman |
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Emily Joyce as Miss Temple |
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Laura Harling as Young Jane |
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David Gant as Mr. Brocklehurst |
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Barbara Keogh as Miss Abbot |
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Hermione Gulliford as Mrs. Fairfax |
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Ben Sowdon as John Reed |
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Gemma Eglinton as Helen Burns |
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Dominique Belcourt as Anna |
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Val McLane as Grace Poole |
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Sophie Reissner as Bertha Rochester |
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Ruth Mitchell as Miss Scatchered |
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Kay Mellor as Mrs Cooper |
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Rupert Penry-Jones as St John Rivers |
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Elizabeth Garvie as Diana Rivers |
| Writing | Kay Mellor | Writer |
| Writing | Charlotte Brontë | Novel |
| Sound | Richard Harvey | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Robert Young | Director |
| Writing | Peter Wight | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Hawley | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dan Grace | Wardrobe Assistant |