An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistre... Read allAn eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 10 nominations total
- Miss Kerr
- (as Helena Cloag)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe school desks had to be raised so that some of the girls wouldn't look as grown-up as they really were. In fact, one of the girls was a 21-year-old mother.
- GoofsMiss Brodie presents a slide show to the class. She tells a tale of how Dante Alighieri fell in love with Beatrice Portinari when they met at the old bridge (Ponte Vecchio) in Florence. Miss Brodie changes some of the facts of the Dante and Beatrice story, but in doing so she is relating the story (consciously or unconsciously) of her own failed romance with an older man.
- Quotes
[Miss Brodie is getting the new girls to introduce themselves]
Jean Brodie: Would you like to tell us something about yourself, Emily.
Emily Carstairs: [eagerly] I'm a Girl Guide, Miss Brodie. I have six merit badges: one for knot-tying, one for flag-folding...
Jean Brodie: [cutting off Emily's list] For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: EDINBURGH 1932
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Bit of Scarlet (1997)
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- Jun 4, 2005
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- Also known as
- Die besten Jahre der Miss Jean Brodie
- Filming locations
- The Edinburgh Academy, Henderson Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK(Miss Jean Brodie's school)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $30
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1