The Governess (Original title)
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 23 October 1998 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, FranceDirector: Sandra Goldbacher
Synopsis: Drama set in Victorian Britain. A young Jewish woman, after the death of her father, disguises her religious heritage, changes her name, and takes a job as a governess to a family on the Isle of Skye. There she begins to help the master of the house in his photographic experiments and a passionate attraction develops between them.
Genre: Period drama
Subjects: Governesses, Jewish community in Great Britain, Photography
Releases
Date: 31 July 1998Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 23 October 1998Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 114 mins 30 secs - Length: 10305 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Alliance Releasing (UK)
Date: December 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 23 October 1998 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, FranceDirector: Sandra Goldbacher
Synopsis: Drama set in Victorian Britain. A young Jewish woman, after the death of her father, disguises her religious heritage, changes her name, and takes a job as a governess to a family on the Isle of Skye. There she begins to help the master of the house in his photographic experiments and a passionate attraction develops between them.
Genre: Period drama
Subjects: Governesses, Jewish community in Great Britain, Photography
Releases
Date: 31 July 1998Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 23 October 1998Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 114 mins 30 secs - Length: 10305 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Alliance Releasing (UK)
Date: December 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: Parallax (The Governess) Ltd, Production Company: Pandora Cinema, Production Company: Parallax Pictures, With the participation of: British Screen, Arts Council of England, In Association with: BBC Films, Supported by: National Lottery through the Arts Council of England, Executive Producer: Sally Hibbin, Producer: Sarah Curtis, Production Supervisor: Cathy Lord, Production Co-ordinator: Ann Lynch, Production Accountant: Jim Hajicosta, Location Manager (Scotland): Joe Gibbs, Location Manager (London): Nick Fulton, Post-production Co-ordinator: Miranda Jones, 2nd Unit Director: Peter Salmi, Assistant Director (1st): Stephen Woolfenden, Assistant Director (2nd): Beni Turkson, Assistant Director (3rd): Jim Threapleton, Script Supervisor: Caroline O'Reilly, Casting Director: Michelle Guish, Screenplay: Sandra Goldbacher, Director of Photography: Ashley Rowe, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Oliver Curtis, 2nd Camera Operator: Matt Grey, Steadicam Operator: Alastair Rae, Focus Puller: Ian Clark, Focus Puller (2nd): John Webb, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Steve Cassidy, Clapper: Richie Donnelly, Period Still Photographer: David Hiscock, Digital/Optical Effects: Peerless Camera Company, Digital Dream/Photo Sequences: Tom Sparks, Smoke & Mirrors, Special Effects Supervisor: Chris Reynolds, Editor: Isabel Lorente, Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood, Art Director: Philip Robinson, Set Decorator: Katie Spencer, Scenic Artist: Tony Statham, Prop Master: Paul Emerson, Costume Designer: Caroline Harris, Costume Supervisor: Marco Scotti, Wardrobe Mistress: Hilary Guthrie, Chief Make-up/Hair Designer: Veronica Brebner, Hair/Make-up Artist: Vicky Newman, Titles Sequence: Fly Productions (London), Music: Edward Shearmur, Sephardi Party Music: Lucy Skeaping, Burning Bush, Featured Vocalist: Ofra Haza, Musician (Cantor): Maurice Martin, Musician (Viola de Gamba): Mark Levy, Musician (Percussion): Hossam Ramzy, Musician (Metal Harp): Gill Tingay, Musician (Recorders): Philip Pickett, Musician (Rebec/Fiddle/Drone Fiddle): Pavlo Beznosiuk, Musician (Lute): John Themis, Musician (Shofar): Alan Martin, Music Recorder/Mixer: Stephen McLaughlin, Music Fixer: Andy Brown, Incidental Music Adviser: Jeremy Davis, Choreography: Rosy Sanders, Sound Recording: Danny Hambrook, Sound Maintenance: Martin Beresford, Dubbing Mixer: Clive Pendry, Mick Boggis, Supervising Sound Editor: Jupiter Sen, Dialogue Editor: Stewart Henderson, ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves, ADR Editor: Mike Feinberg, Foley Artist: Dianne Greaves, Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott, Foley Mixer: Ted Swanscott, Foley Editor: John Griffith, Stunt Co-ordinator: Nick Powell, Stand-in (Minnie Driver): Debbie Haney, Food Specialist: Debbie Brodie, Researcher of Jewish Studies: Stehanie Haruni, Dialogue Coach: Andrew Jack
Cast
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Minnie Driver (Rosina DaSilva, 'Mary Blackchurch'), Tom Wilkinson (Charles Cavendish), Harriet Walter (Mrs Cavendish), Florence Hoath (Clementina Cavendish), Bruce Myers (Mr DaSilva, Rosina's father), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Henry Cavendish), Arlene Cockburn (Lily Milk), Emma Bird (Rebecca), Adam Levy (Benjamin), Countess Koulinskyi (Aunt Sofka), Diana Brooks (Mrs DaSilva, Rosina's mother), Raymond Brody (Litnoff), Olga (Leonora), Cyril Shaps (doctor), Kendal Cramer (young Rosina DaSilva), Ralph Riach (Mr Hewlett), Joe Bromley (prostitute), Stephen Robbins (Robbi)