Jane Eyre (1943)
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?
- Released
- 1943-12-24
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson, John Houseman, Robert Stevenson
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 160 votes
Cast
- Orson Welles as Edward Rochester
- Joan Fontaine as Jane Eyre
- Margaret O'Brien as Adele Varens
- Peggy Ann Garner as Jane Eyre (younger)
- John Sutton as Dr. Rivers
- Sara Allgood as Bessie
- Henry Daniell as Henry Brocklehurst
- Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Reed
- Aubrey Mather as Colonel Dent
- Edith Barrett as Mrs. Fairfax
- Barbara Everest as Lady Ingram
- Hillary Brooke as Blanche Ingram