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Jane Eyre (1973)

Jane Eyre poster
Directed by
Joan Craft
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
4h 35m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young governess named Jane Eyre goes to work at a remote estate, Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her mysterious employer Mr. Rochester. Their relationship is tested by a dark secret hidden in the house.

slow-burnatmosphericbroodingromanticaustereintimategothicrestrainedclassical

What happens

Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. This 1973 four-hour literary version was originally broadcast as a five-part BBC television drama serial. It was directed by Joan Craft and starred Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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