The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

About The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) is a drama film directed by Ronald Neame. It runs 116 minutes and was released in February 1969.

The film is filed under teacher student relationship, scotland, older man younger woman relationship, and fascism. The story is adapted from a novel.

Maggie Smith stars as Jean Brodie, Robert Stephens as Teddy Lloyd, Pamela Franklin as Sandy, and Celia Johnson as Miss Mackay. The screenplay is by Jay Presson Allen.

Matilda, It, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower make useful companions to The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, all filed under female teacher and school. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 135 votes and it carries a PG rating.