Tess

Tess
1979DramaRomance171 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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.

  • Roman Polanski

    Director

  • Gérard Brach

    Screenplay

  • Roman Polanski

    Screenplay

  • John Brownjohn

    Screenplay

  • Thomas Hardy

    Novel

  • Geoffrey Unsworth

    Director of Photography

  • Ghislain Cloquet

    Director of Photography

  • Tom Priestley

    Editor

  • 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

  • Jacob Weizbluth

    Yokel at barn-dance

  • Jacques Mathou

    Harvester

  • Véronique Alain

    Harvester

  • Anne Tirard

    Old Dairy Hand

  • Josine Comellas

    Mrs. Crick

  • Arielle Dombasle

    Mercy Chant

  • Gordon Richardson

    Parson at Wedding

  • Peter Benson

    Religious Fanatic

  • Jimmy Gardner

    Pedlar

  • Reg Dent

    Carter

  • John Gill

    Landlord

  • Forbes Collins

    New Tenant

  • Keith Buckley

    Postman

  • John Moore

    Postman

  • Graham Weston

    Constable

    • 4.0

    Runtime

    171 minutes

    Released

    1979-10-06

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    France

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Renn Productions

    Timothy Burrill Productions

    SFP

    Sound

  • Philippe Sarde

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    305 days ago

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