Tess
She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. What she did would shatter that world forever.
7.1(381) 1979-10-06 172 minDramaRomance
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.
ProducerClaude Berri
DirectorRoman Polanski
ScreenplayRoman Polanski
ScreenplayGérard Brach
Original Music ComposerPhilippe Sarde
ScreenplayJohn Brownjohn
Cast & characters
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
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David Markham
as Reverend Mr. Clare
Pascale de Boysson
as Mrs. Clare
Suzanna Hamilton
as Izz Huett
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Caroline Embling
as Retty
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Tony Church
as Parson Tringham
Lesley Dunlop
as Girl in Henhouse
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Sylvia Coleridge
as Mrs. d'Urberville
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Fred Bryant
as Dairyman Crick
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Dicken Ashworth
as Farmer Groby
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Patsy Rowlands
as Landlady
John Barrett
as Old Dairy Hand
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Patsy Smart
as Housekeeper
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Brigid Erin Bates
as Girl in Meadow
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Jeanne Biras
as Girl in Meadow
John Bett
as Felix Clare
Tom Chadbon
as Cuthbert Clare
Maryline Even
as Girl in Henhouse
