Tess - D TESS
Columbia TriStar (1979)
Drama, Romance
In Collection
#284
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190 mins France / English
DVD  Region 2
Nastassja Kinski Tess Durbeyfield
Peter Firth Angel Clare
Leigh Lawson Alec d'Urberville
John Collin John Durbeyfield
Rosemary Martin Joan Durbeyfield
Carolyn Pickles Marian
Richard Pearson Vicar of Marlott
David Markham Reverend Mr. Clare
Pascale De Boysson Mrs. Clare
Suzanna Hamilton Izz
Caroline Embling Retty
Tony Church Parson Tringham
Lesley Dunlop Girl in henhouse
Sylvia Coleridge Mrs. d'Urberville
Fred Bryant Dairyman Crick
Director
Roman Polanski
Producer Claude Berri
Timothy Burrill
Writer Roman Polanski
Gerard Brach
Thomas Hardy
Cinematography Ghislain Cloquet
Geoffrey Unsworth
Musician Philippe Sarde

The movie Tess follows the adventures of a young girl named Tess Durbeyfield (Nastassja Kinski). The Durbeyfields are a poor farming family in England, but Tess is an extraordinary beauty. Her father John (John Collin) decides to exploit her, and sends Tess to seek employment at the home of a rich family named D’Urberville. He has been told that the rich family is related to him, and he has deluded hopes that the connection through Tess might raise the prospects of her family regaining their nobility. At the home of the D’Urbervilles Tess meets a rich young man named Alec (Leigh Lawson), who romances her. Throughout the movie her fortunes rise and fall and she later finds a different kind of love with an upright clergyman named Angel (Peter Firth).
Edition Details
Distributor Sony Pictures
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned); Hindi
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Layers Dual Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
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Features
Interactive MenusScene SelectionTess from Novel to Screen featuretteFilming Tess featuretteTess The Experience featurette