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
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-613721
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(4)
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:51:00 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-713928
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:51:00 minutesV210 - V210 - BFI identifier: N-713928-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:49:51 minutesProRes 422 - V210 - BFI identifier: N-713932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:49:51 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-713932-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-607020
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-613721
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 10297 FeetStock date: 1998BFI identifier: C-1055316
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
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
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-613721
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(4)
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:51:00 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-713928
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:51:00 minutesV210 - V210 - BFI identifier: N-713928-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:49:51 minutesProRes 422 - V210 - BFI identifier: N-713932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:49:51 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-713932-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-607020
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-613721
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 10297 FeetStock date: 1998BFI identifier: C-1055316
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film