Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
132 audience votes
Key crew
- Ronald NeameDirector
- Jay Presson AllenScreenplay
- Rod McKuenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maggie SmithJean Brodie
- Robert StephensTeddy Lloyd
- Pamela FranklinSandy
- Celia JohnsonMiss Mackay
- Gordon JacksonGordon Lowther
- Diane GraysonJenny
- Jane CarrMary McGregor
- Shirley SteedmanMonica
- Ann WayMiss Gaunt
- Heather SeymourClara
- Margo CunninghamMiss Campbell
- Lavinia LangEmily Carstairs
Stills
Themes
based on novel or booklove trianglescotlandfascismedinburgh, scotlandcoming of ageteachereccentricschoololder man younger woman relationshipteacher student relationshipteacher hero