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Tess
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.
1979 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 172 min · Drama · Romance · 22 frames
Tagline
She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. What she did would shatter that world forever.
Crew
- Screenplay: Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn
- Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet
- Edited by: Alastair McIntyre, Tom Priestley
- Music: Philippe Sarde
- Production design: Pierre Guffroy
- Produced by: Claude Berri
Cast
- Nastassja Kinski as Tess Durbeyfield
- Peter Firth as Angel Clare
- Leigh Lawson as Alec d'Urberville
- John Collin as John Durbeyfield
- Rosemary Martin as Mrs. Durbeyfield
- Carolyn Pickles as Marian
- Richard Pearson as Vicar of Marlott
- David Markham as Reverend Mr. Clare
- Pascale de Boysson as Mrs. Clare
- Suzanna Hamilton as Izz Huett
Production
- Country: France, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $20,101,247
- Themes: rape, based on novel or book, peasant, marriage, love, revenge, murder, mansion, family, farmer
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