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Tess (1979)
Directed by Roman Polanski
“She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. What she did would shatter that world forever.”
Drama, Romance · 2h 52m
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.
Cast
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
D
David Markham
Reverend Mr. Clare
Pascale de Boysson
Mrs. Clare
Suzanna Hamilton
Izz Huett
C
Caroline Embling
Retty
T
Tony Church
Parson Tringham
Crew
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Screenplay
- Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn
- Novel
- Thomas Hardy
- Director of Photography
- Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet
- Original Music Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Editor
- Alastair McIntyre, Tom Priestley
- Producer
- Claude Berri
Details
- Release date
- 1979-10-06
- Runtime
- 2h 52m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom
- Production
- Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $20,101,247