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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie( 1969)

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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.

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      Maggie Smith

      Jean Brodie

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      Robert Stephens

      Teddy Lloyd

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      Pamela Franklin

      Sandy

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      Celia Johnson

      Miss Mackay

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      Gordon Jackson

      Gordon Lowther

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      Diane Grayson

      Jenny

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      Jane Carr

      Mary McGregor

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      Shirley Steedman

      Monica

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      Ann Way

      Miss Gaunt

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      Heather Seymour

      Clara

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      Margo Cunningham

      Miss Campbell

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      Lavinia Lang

      Emily Carstairs

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      Isla Cameron

      Miss McKenzie

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      Antoinette Biggerstaff

      Helen McPhee

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      Molly Weir

      Miss Allison Kerr

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      Rona Anderson

      Miss Lockhart

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      Helena Gloag

      Miss Kerr

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      Roberta Tovey

      Schoolgirl

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      Candace Glendenning

      Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Mar 02 2025
    This film always reminds me of a teacher we had at primary school who thought the best way of obtaining discipline from us unruly eight year olds was to stamp her foot and look at her watch. All that actually achieved was for us to make more paper aeroplanes from the torn pages of our “Modern Comprehensive Artithmetic”. Had she adopted the more engaging and thought-provoking style of this titular Edinburgh lady, then she might have got farther (or is that further?). Anyway, an outwardly rather puritanical woman, Muriel Spark’s “Miss Brodie” (Maggie Smith) conforms to the conservative curriculum...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    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