Top billed cast

1. 

   Nastassja Kinski

   Tess Durbeyfield

2. 

   Peter Firth

   Angel Clare

3. 

   Leigh Lawson

   Alec d'Urberville

4. 

   John Collin

   John Durbeyfield

5. 

   Rosemary Martin

   Mrs. Durbeyfield

6. 

   Carolyn Pickles

   Marian

7. 

   Richard Pearson

   Vicar of Marlott

8. 

   David Markham

   Reverend Mr. Clare

9. 

   Pascale de Boysson

   Mrs. Clare

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2020-09-24

_**Bringing in the sheaves stuck between a demon and an angel**_

During the Long Depression of the 1870-80s in Blackmore Vale, southern England, a peasant family discovers that they are nobility and thus their oldest daughter, an extraordinarily beautiful woman (Nastassja Kinski), is sent to meet the well-to-do family. She is eventually pitted between the interest of two very different men (Leigh Lawson and Peter Firth).

Roman Polanski's "Tess" (1979) is based on Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles." Polanski was inspired to make the film because his late wife, Sharo...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$12,000,000.00

Revenue
$20,101,247.00

Keywords

• rape
• based on novel or book
• peasant
• marriage
• love
• revenge
• murder
• mansion
• family
• farmer
• nobility
• social climbing
• aristocratic
• strong
• stonehenge
• 19th century