Jane Eyre
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Franco Zeffirelli
William Hurt
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Anna Paquin
Samuel West
Nicola Howard
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
As a child, young Jane is a poor orphan who is mistreated by her relatives. Cast out of Gateswood, her cruel Aunt Reed's house, she's sent to the grim Lowood School. Jane, who is spirited and outspoken, becomes the unfortunate scapegoat of Mr. Brocklehurst, the school's headmaster, and Miss Scatcherd, his assistant. Reaching womanhood, Jane, now a governess, travels to Thornfield Hall, a remote estate owned by Edward Rochester. Welcomed by Mrs. Fairfax, the kindly housekeeper, Jane is introduced to her pupil, a pretty French girl named Adele. Immediately, Jane feels at home in her new world, but nothing in her modest life has prepared Jane for Mr. Rochester, an enigmatic man who is alternately terrifying and compelling. Fascinated by Rochester's complex personality, Jane breaks all the rules by falling in love with her employer. But the dark passages of Thornfield Hall hold a terrible secret... a secret that comes between Jane and Rochester and forces her to leave her home and the man she loves.
Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Cast
William Hurt
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Anna Paquin
Samuel West
Nicola Howard
Ann Queensberry
Josephine Serre
Marissa Dunlop
John Wood
Sasha Graff
Peter Woodthorpe
Charlotte Attenborough
Geraldine Chaplin
Richard Warwick
John Tranter
Walter Sparrow
Sheila Burrell
Sara Stevens
Nic Knight
Julian Fellowes
Chris Larkin
Amanda Root
Judith Parker
Billie Whitelaw
Maria Schneider
Golda Broderick
Orina Messina
Joan Plowright
Ralph Nossek
Simon Beresford
Elle Macpherson
Leanne Rowe
Edward De Souza
Steffan Boje
Miranda Forbes
Barry Martin
Fiona Shaw
Crew
Angela Allen
John Allenby
Lee Apsey
Marc Atherfold
Clare Awdry
Gerry Bates
Jenny Beavan
Jonathan Benson
Roy Berchley
Dennis Bosher
Dennis Bovington
Charlotte Bronte
Karen Brookes
Freddie Brown
Audrey Buchan
Sabrina Canale
Claudio Capponi
Peter Childs
Geoff Clifford
Alberta Cluiaini
Caroline Cobbold
Clive Coote
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Graeme Crowther
Graeme Crowther
Sophie Dasic
Noel Davis
Francesca Dowd
Julian Elvins
Lorraine Fennell
Tommy Finch
Cary Fisher
Oded Fly
Kevin Fraser
Ray Freeborn
Raimonda Gaetani
John Gale
Barry Gates
Brian Gibbs
Maria Teresa Girosi
Gayle Griffiths
Alan Grosch
Alan Grosch
Roger Hall
Jenny Hawkins
Gary Hedges
Mickey Hedges
Joyce Herlihy
Joyce Herlihy
Peter Hesiop
Paul Higgins
Rob Hill
Andrew Holder
Margaret Horspool
Len Huntingford
Jean-francois Lepetit
Dyson Lovell
Steve Macdonald
Richard Marden
Judy Mitchell
Sarah Monzani
Mark Moriarty
Justin Muller
Ian Norgate
Roy O'connor
Paula Oshlers
Ricky Pattenden
Colin Pearce
Matthew Penry-davey
Clive Prior
Brian Read
Stuart Reid
John Rose
Martin Samuel
Martin Samuel
Daniel Shepherd
David Stephenson
Paul William Stewart
Nell Sweetmore
Janet Tebrooke
John Turner
Paul Van Der Weels
Alessio Vlad
David Watkin
Bill Webb
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
Hugh Whitemore
Giovannella Zannoni
Franco Zeffirelli
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Charlotte Bronte's novel has been adapted to film at least three previous times: (USA/1921), directed by Hugo Ballin; (USA/1934), directed Christy Cabanne; and (USA/1944), directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles.
Began shooting October 24, 1994.
Completed shooting November 18, 1995.
Production paused after December 23, 1994, and resumed in early January, 1995, for approximately one more week of shooting.
Limited Release in United States April 12, 1996
Released in United States Spring April 12, 1996
Expanded Release in United States April 19, 1996
Expanded Release in United States April 26, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 3, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 17, 1996
Released in United States on Video November 5, 1996
Expanded Release in United States April 19, 1996
Expanded Release in United States April 26, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 17, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 3, 1996
Limited Release in United States April 12, 1996
Released in United States on Video November 5, 1996
Released in United States Spring April 12, 1996
