Tess (1979)

PG10/06/1979Drama, Romance2h 52m
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She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. What she did would shatter that world forever.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Nastassja Kinski

    Tess Durbeyfield

  2. Cast 1

    Peter Firth

    Angel Clare

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    Leigh Lawson

    Alec d'Urberville

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    John Collin

    John Durbeyfield

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    Rosemary Martin

    Mrs. Durbeyfield

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    Carolyn Pickles

    Marian

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    Richard Pearson

    Vicar of Marlott

  8. David Markham

    Reverend Mr. Clare

  9. Pascale de Boysson

    Mrs. Clare

_**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...