Tess
1979, 165 minutes, Rated PG
Directed by recently exiled Polish-American director Roman Polanski, this lushly photographed Franco-British production of the Thomas Hardy novel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, is a stunning portrayal of an innocent adrift in a hostile, chaotic world that earned an Academy Award for the young Natassja Kinski. Tess (Kinski) is sent by her desperate father (John Collin), a simple farmer, to pay a visit to the d'Urbervilles, a local noble family believed to be distant relatives.
However, having set out to the aristocratic house less than a day's carriage ride away, Tess is soon embroiled in a world of seduction, violence and tragedy. And in true Thomas Hardy fasion, it's a world from which she gains little respite. One of Polanski's film masterpieces, Tess tells the story of a poor man's daughter, an aristocrat's mistress and a gentleman's wife who was ultimately a victim of her own provocative beauty.
- Director:
- Roman Polanski [15],
- Starring:
- Nastassja Kinski [15], Peter Firth [39], Leigh Lawson [2], John Collin [1], carolyn Pickles [1],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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