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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.
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.
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 for...
A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men. Wessex County, England during the Victorian era. Christian values dominate what are social mores. These mores and her interactions with two men play a large part in what happens in the young life of peasant girl, the shy, innocent, proper yet proud Tess Durbeyfield.
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.
Overview. 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. Novel. Gérard Brach. Screenplay. John Brownjohn. Screenplay. Reviews.
