Synopsis
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?
Key facts
Cast
Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Orson Welles
Original language
English
Production companies
20th Century Studios
Based on
Jane Eyre
Setting
England
Crew
Screenplay
John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson
Producer
Kenneth Macgowan, Orson Welles
Cinematography
George Barnes
Editing
Walter Thompson
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Trailer
Stills
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Versions & editions
| Original version (English) |
Full credits
| Director | Robert Stevenson |
| Cast | Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Orson Welles |
| Screenplay | John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson |
| Producer | Kenneth Macgowan, Orson Welles |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Editing | Walter Thompson |
| Music | Bernard Herrmann |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
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