The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

12
24/02/1969 (GB)
Drama
1h 56m

In the surprising world of Jean Brodie, there were two men and four girls.

Overview

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.

  • Ronald NeameDirector
  • Jay Presson AllenScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • love triangle
  • scotland
  • fascism
  • edinburgh, scotland
  • coming of age
  • teacher
  • eccentric
  • school
  • older man younger woman relationship
  • teacher student relationship
  • teacher hero
  • spinster
  • nude modeling
  • painter as artist
  • art teacher
  • female teacher
  • romantic triangle
  • hopeless romantic
  • sexual curiosity
  • girls' school
  • young girl seduces old man
  • young girls
  • romanticism

Top Billed Cast

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Jean Brodie

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

Teddy Lloyd

Pamela Franklin

Pamela Franklin

Sandy

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Miss Mackay

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Lowther

Diane Grayson

Jenny

Jane Carr

Jane Carr

Mary McGregor

Shirley Steedman

Monica

Ann Way

Miss Gaunt

Heather Seymour

Clara

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