Jane Eyre is a movie directed by Robert Stevenson in 1943 and based on the book of the same name by Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1847. The movie features Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O’Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, John Sutton, Sara Allgood, and others.
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Storyline
Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to become a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside of the school. Her advertisement is answered by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax.
Movie vs Book
Year
1943
Minutes
97
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Jane Eyre
Director: Robert Stevenson
Country: USA
Year: 1943
Length: 1h37m
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Year
1847
Pages
590
Book Rate
8.26
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Book
Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Country: UK
First published in: 1847
Length: 590 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Edward José
Movie by Hugo Ballin
Movie by Christy Cabanne
Movie by Delbert Mann
TV Mini-Series by Joan Craft
TV Mini-Series by Julian Amyes
Movie by Franco Zeffirelli
Movie by Robert Young
TV Mini-Series by Susanna White
Movie by Cary Joji Fukunaga
User polls & recommendations
“The author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.”
RODMAN PHILBRICK (Writer)
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