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.
Directed by Ronald Neame
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
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3.8 / 5
Cast
Maggie Smith
Jean Brodie
Robert Stephens
Teddy Lloyd
Pamela Franklin
Sandy
Celia Johnson
Miss Mackay
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Lowther
Jane Carr
Mary McGregor
Molly Weir
Miss Allison Kerr
Rona Anderson
Miss Lockhart
Helena Gloag
Miss Kerr
Roberta Tovey
Schoolgirl
Candace Glendenning
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Crew
Ronald Neame
Director
Jay Presson Allen
Screenplay
Rod McKuen
Original Music Composer
Ted Moore
Director of Photography
Jay Presson Allen
Theatre Play
Popular Reviews
32 reviews
Eduardo RPRO
8.0★ · 08/13/25
R.I.P miss Jean Brodie you would have loved Lana del Rey
R.I.P miss Jean Brodie you would have loved Lana del Rey
Giulianna
9.0★ · 08/03/25
***If only she hadn't been a fascist! *** It's totally rare to identify with a character like Miss Brodie and Sandy at the same time, at this age.
***If only she hadn't been a fascist! *** It's totally rare to identify with a character like Miss Brodie and Sandy at the same time, at this age.
lian
6.0★ · 07/15/25
Brodie fucking ate and fumbled everyone 🙏🏿
Brodie fucking ate and fumbled everyone 🙏🏿
lian
6.0★ · 07/15/25
Brodie fucking ate and fumbled everyone 🙏🏿
Brodie fucking ate and fumbled everyone 🙏🏿
rivercitykiiid
3.4★ · 12/10/24
maggie smith incredible but everyone in the movie should be arrested omg what the hell was going on in the 1930s
maggie smith incredible but everyone in the movie should be arrested omg what the hell was going on in the 1930s
