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Tess

1979 2h 52m
Drama Romance
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7.1/10
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Tess

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.

"She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. What she did would shatter that world forever."

Top Billed Cast

Nastassja Kinski
Nastassja Kinski
Tess Durbeyfield
Peter Firth
Peter Firth
Angel Clare
Leigh Lawson
Leigh Lawson
Alec d'Urberville
John Collin
John Collin
John Durbeyfield
Rosemary Martin
Rosemary Martin
Mrs. Durbeyfield
Carolyn Pickles
Carolyn Pickles
Marian
Richard Pearson
Richard Pearson
Vicar of Marlott
David Markham
David Markham
Reverend Mr. Clare

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W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2020-09-24

_**Bringing in the sheaves stuck between a demon and an angel**_

During the Long Depression of the 1870-80s in Blackmore Vale, southern England, a peasant family discovers that they are nobility and thus their oldest daughter, an extraordinarily beautiful woman (Nastassja Kinski), is sent to meet the well-to-do family. She is eventually pitted between the interest of two very different men (Leigh Lawson and Peter Firth).

Roman Polanski's "Tess" (1979) is based on Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles." Polanski was inspired to make the film because his late wife, Sharo...