Jane Eyre
6.8
“The passionate tale of forbidden secrets!”
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?
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Cast
32 people
William Hurt
Rochester
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
Jane Eyre
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
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Joan Plowright
Mrs. Fairfax
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Dennis the Menace
Anna Paquin
Young Jane Eyre
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True Blood
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Geraldine Chaplin
Miss Scatcherd
Known for
The Odyssey
Chaplin
Billie Whitelaw
Grace Poole
Known for
Merlin
The Omen
Maria Schneider
Bertha
Known for
Last Tango in Paris
The Passenger
Elle Macpherson
Blanche Ingram
Known for
The Edge
Batman & Robin
Nic Knight
John Reed
Also in
The Santa Clause
The Whipping Boy
Nicola Howard
Eliza Reed
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Sasha Graff
Georgina Reed
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Fiona Shaw
Mrs. Reed
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Killing Eve
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Franco Zeffirelli Director · Hugh Whitemore Screenplay Charlotte Brontë Author
Worldwide gross $5.2M · United States release April 12, 1996 · Produced in France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,200,601
Production
Miramax
Production · Studio
Cineritino S.r.L.
Production
Mediaset
Production
RCS Editori S.p.A.
Production
Flach Film
Production
France · Italy · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
South Korea · January 20, 1996
Theatrical
United States · April 12, 1996
Theatrical
France · April 26, 1996
Theatrical
Argentina
December 4, 1997 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 10, 1997 · Theatrical
Czechia
June 1, 1997 · Physical
Germany
January 30, 1997 · Theatrical
July 9, 2026 · Digital
Greece
May 10, 1996 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 25, 1996 · Theatrical
Japan
April 20, 1996 · Theatrical
Mexico
May 8, 1998 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 22, 1998 · Theatrical
Poland
April 24, 1996 · Theatrical
Slovakia
July 5, 2012 · TV · RTVS
September 15, 2024 · TV · TV JOJ
Spain
February 9, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 1, 1996 · Physical
Switzerland
October 24, 1997 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 27, 1996 · Theatrical
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