TESS (1979)
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Tess
She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. What she did would shatter that world forever.
Drama, Romance
October 6, 1979
English
2h 52m
France
Renn Productions
$12,000,000
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.
Cast & Characters
Nastassja Kinski
Tess Durbeyfield
Peter Firth
Angel Clare
Leigh Lawson
Alec d'Urberville
John Collin
John Durbeyfield
Rosemary Martin
Mrs. Durbeyfield
Carolyn Pickles
Marian
Richard Pearson
Vicar of Marlott
David Markham
Reverend Mr. Clare
Pascale de Boysson
Mrs. Clare
Suzanna Hamilton
Izz Huett
Caroline Embling
Retty
Tony Church
Parson Tringham
Lesley Dunlop
Girl in Henhouse
Sylvia Coleridge
Mrs. d'Urberville
Fred Bryant
Dairyman Crick
Dicken Ashworth
Farmer Groby
Patsy Rowlands
Landlady
John Barrett
Old Dairy Hand
Patsy Smart
Housekeeper
Brigid Erin Bates
Girl in Meadow
Jeanne Biras
Girl in Meadow
John Bett
Felix Clare
Tom Chadbon
Cuthbert Clare
Maryline Even
Girl in Henhouse
Jean-Jacques Daubin
Bailiff
Crew
Roman Polanski
Director
Thomas Hardy
Novel
Roman Polanski
Screenplay
Gérard Brach
Screenplay
John Brownjohn
Screenplay
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Ghislain Cloquet
Director of Photography
Geoffrey Unsworth
Director of Photography
Claude Berri
Producer