Synopsis
Jane Eyre (1943) is a gothic romance you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Robert Stevenson from Charlotte Brontë's novel. An orphan hardened by a brutal charity school takes a post as governess at a brooding country estate called Thornfield Hall.
Its master, Edward Rochester, is cold, sharp-tongued and twice her age. Something pulls them together anyway. But the house keeps a secret locked away upstairs, and it threatens everything they might have. Orson Welles plays Rochester with thunderous self-pity; Joan Fontaine gives Jane a quiet, unbending core. Watch closely and you'll spot a ten-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in an early bit part.
Stevenson and his cinematographer drench the film in fog, candlelight and deep shadow, closer to horror than to a tidy period piece. For anyone who loves classic Hollywood with a dark romantic streak, this one delivers. Stream Jane Eyre (1943) online on iFILM.
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