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Jane Eyre

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1973– 1973–
  • 4h 35m
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7.5/10
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Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston in Jane Eyre (1973)
Jane Eyre: Part 4
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After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
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  • Stars
    • Sorcha Cusack
    • Michael Jayston
    • Megs Jenkins
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    • Sorcha Cusack
    • Michael Jayston
    • Megs Jenkins
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    Jane Eyre: Part 4
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    Jane Eyre: Part 5
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    Jane Eyre: Part 2
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    Jane Eyre (1973) Vol. 1
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    Sorcha Cusack
    Sorcha Cusack
    • Jane Eyre
    Michael Jayston
    Michael Jayston
    • Edward Rochester
    Megs Jenkins
    Megs Jenkins
    • Mrs. Fairfax
    Hazel Clyne
    • Leah
    Isabelle Rosin
    • Adèle
    Zara Nutley
    Zara Nutley
    • Grace Poole
    Ronald Mayer
    • John
    Jean Harvey
    • Mrs. Reed
    Anna Korwin
    • Sophie
    Edward de Souza
    Edward de Souza
    • Richard Mason
    Juliet Waley
    • Young Jane
    Caroline Harris
    • Diana Rivers
    Susan Brodrick
    • Mary Rivers
    Anna Wing
    • Hannah
    Tom Sheppard
    • John Reed
    Geoffrey Whitehead
    Geoffrey Whitehead
    • St. John Rivers
    Amanda Stone
    • Eliza Reed
    Brenda Kempner
    • Bertha
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    • Trivia
      Edward de Souza, who played Mason in this adaptation would go on to play the same part in the 1996 Franco Zeffirelli movie that also featured William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsburg and Anna Pacquin.
    • Quotes

      Jane Eyre: I was myself still, without obvious change. Yet where was the Jane Eyre of yesterday? Where were her hopes? Where were her prospects? My hopes were all dead: struck with a subtle doom as in one night fell on all the first-born of Egypt. I looked on my cherished wishes: they lay still, stark corpses that could never revive. I looked at my love: it shivered in my heart like a suffering child in a cold cradle.

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    10/10
    Absolutely the best adaptation of the novel
    No other film version of "Jane Eyre" can touch this one for fidelity to the book and excellence of performance. Michael Jayston is the perfect Mr. Rochester - he looks the part, attractive yet not too pretty, and able to convince us of his hidden good qualities under a rough and abrasive exterior. Sorcha Cusack is wonderful as Jane - exactly what Charlotte Bronte set out to create, a plain, retiring heroine whose personality blazes through and captivates us. This version gives us the ENTIRE story, from Jane's deprived childhood and years at Lowood School to her life at Thornfield with Mr. Rochester. It even treats seriously the interlude with her cousins, St. John Rivers and his sisters, something film versions of the novel usually try to minimize or alter completely. Paradoxically, this actually works and makes sense, although it is an interruption in the more interesting Jane-Rochester story. The dialogue and narration are often taken directly from the novel, with just some abbreviation. I wish this version would appear on video - it is FAR superior to any of the others made for TV or the big screen. If you see it being broadcast (it turns up on Canadian TV sometimes) don't miss it.
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      • September 27, 1973 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, England, UK
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • 4 hours 35 minutes
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