The Governess

The Governess
Original poster
Directed bySandra Goldbacher
Written bySandra Goldbacher
Produced by
  • Sarah Curtis
  • Sally Hibbin
Starring
CinematographyAshley Rowe
Edited byIsabelle Lorente
Music byEdward Shearmur
Production
companies
Pandora Cinema
BBC Films
Parallax Pictures
Distributed byMomentum Pictures[1]
Alliance Films[2]
Release dates
  • 31 July 1998 (1998-07-31) (US)
  • 23 October 1998 (1998-10-23) (UK)
  • 3 December 1998 (1998-12-03) (Australia)
  • 4 February 1999 (1999-02-04) (New Zealand)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.8 million (US)[3]

The Governess is a 1998 British period drama film written and directed by Sandra Goldbacher. The screenplay focuses on a young Jewish woman of Sephardic background, who reinvents herself as a gentile governess when she is forced to find work to support her family.

  1. ^ "The Governess". Lumiere. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "The Governess (1998)". BBFC. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ The Governess at Box Office Mojo