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Tess

Tess1979

★7.1172 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.

Director

Writer

Gérard Brach Roman Polanski John Brownjohn

Score

Stars

Nastassja Kinski Peter Firth Leigh Lawson

Cast40

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
D
David Markham
as Reverend Mr. Clare
Pascale de Boysson
as Mrs. Clare
Suzanna Hamilton
as Izz Huett
C
Caroline Embling
as Retty
T
Tony Church
as Parson Tringham
Lesley Dunlop
as Girl in Henhouse
S
Sylvia Coleridge
as Mrs. d'Urberville
F
Fred Bryant
as Dairyman Crick
D
Dicken Ashworth
as Farmer Groby
P
Patsy Rowlands
as Landlady
John Barrett
as Old Dairy Hand
P
Patsy Smart
as Housekeeper
B
Brigid Erin Bates
as Girl in Meadow
J
Jeanne Biras
as Girl in Meadow
John Bett
as Felix Clare
Tom Chadbon
as Cuthbert Clare
Maryline Even
as Girl in Henhouse
J
Jean-Jacques Daubin
as Bailiff
Jacob Weizbluth
as Yokel at barn-dance
Jacques Mathou
as Harvester
Véronique Alain
as Harvester
A
Anne Tirard
as Old Dairy Hand
J
Josine Comellas
as Mrs. Crick
Arielle Dombasle
as Mercy Chant
G
Gordon Richardson
as Parson at Wedding
Jimmy Gardner
as Pedlar
R
Reg Dent
as Carter
J
John Gill
as Landlord
Forbes Collins
as New Tenant
Keith Buckley
as Postman
J
John Moore
as Postman
G
Graham Weston
as Constable
Peter Benson
as Religious Fanatic (uncredited)

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