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Tess is a 1979 drama film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, and Leigh Lawson. It is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The screenplay was written by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, and Roman Polanski.
Dec 12, 1980 · Tess: Directed by Roman Polanski. With John Collin, Tony Church, Nastassja Kinski, Brigid Erin Bates. A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.
- (18K)
- Drama, Romance
- Roman Polanski
- 1980-12-12
This multiple-Oscar-winning film by Roman Polanski is an exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl (Nastassja Kinski, in a gorgeous breakthrough) 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.
- Tess Durbeyfield
In Roman Polanski's take on "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," impressionable young Tess (Nastassja Kinski) is sent by her alcoholic father to visit her rich relatives and apply...
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- Roman Polanski
- PG
- Nastassja Kinski
This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge. In the Victorian period, a rural clergyman tells John Durbeyfield, a simple farmer, that he is descended from the illustrious d'Urberville family -- now extinct. Or maybe not.
Tragedy and scandal led director Roman Polanski to Tess (1979), the film version of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles. In 1969, Polanski's pregnant wife Sharon Tate had given her husband a copy of the Hardy novel just before she left London to return to their California home.
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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, Screenplay. Thomas Hardy.