Entertainment Weekly, 04/22/2005, p.49, "[E]eerily quiet....[A] to-the-letter translation of Bronte's text..."
Made for British Television. A BBV Video Presention by Margot Eavis.
Additional cast: Sian Pattenden (Jane as a Child), Kate David (Bessie), Sally Osborn (Miss Temple), Christine Labsalom (Miss Miller), Avril Clark (Miss Scatchered), Mary Kenton (Miss Smith), Elma Soiron (Mme. Pierrot), Colette Barker (Helen Burns), Blanche Youinou (Adéle), Joolia Coppleman (Bertha), Carol Gillies (Grace Poole), Christopher Burgess (Carter), Eve Matheson (Leah), Gabrielle Glaister (Amy Eshton), David Dodimead (Colonel Dent), Richard Borthwick (Sam), Roger Walker (Robert Leaven), Tracy Childs (Georgiana Reed), Lockwood West (Wood), Andrew Bicknell (St. John Rivers), Elaine Donnelly (Diana Rivers), James Marcus (John), and Sylvia Brayshay (Maria).
Additional credits: Brian Denton (unit manager); Denis Curran (production associate), Terrance Dicks (script editor), Bob Chaplin (studio lighting), Alastair Askham & Ramon Bailey (studio sound), and Roger Sutton (vision mixer)
Jane Eyre (Zelah Clarke) is a mistreated orphan who learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence. Her first job in the outside world is governess to the ward of Mr. Rochester (Timothy Dalton), a man of many secrets and mercurial moods. The tentative trust between them slowly develops into romance, but their hopes for happiness will soon be jeopardized by a terrible secret .
Source: Warner Home Video
DVD Features:
Region (unknown)
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Charlotte Bronte's novel is adeptly portrayed in this BBC production about the brave little orphan who overcomes adversity through independence and finds happiness with Mr. Rochester. Considered to be among the best versions of this famous story.