Tess [videorecording]
2013
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Roman Polanski co-writes and directs this adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel, with Nastassja Kinski starring in the title role. In 19th-century England, a peasant farmer discovers that his family are descended from a noble family, the d'Urbervilles so he sends his daughter Tess Durbeyfield (Kinski) to live with her rich cousin, Alec d'Urberville (Leigh Lawson). After having a baby by him that dies in infancy, Tess runs away and meets a farmer named Angel Clare (Peter Firth) with whom she falls in love and marries. When she tells Angel about her past he is heartbroken and hastily rejects her, leaving Tess to return to Alec. But when Angel returns home, Tess kills Alec in order to be with the only man she has ever loved, Angel.
Main title:
Tess [videorecording] / producer, Claude Berri.
Author:
Polanski, Roman, directorSarde, Philippe, musicKinski, Nastassja, 1960-, actorLawson, Leigh, 1945-, actorFirth, Peter, 1953-, actorHardy, Thomas, book author
Imprint:
BFI, 2013.
Collation:
2 videodiscs (164 min.) : col.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Other documentaries (''Tess' - From Novel to Screen', 'Filming 'Tess'', ''Tess' - The Experience', 'Costume Designs'), Booklet.Made in 1979.Based on the novel 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' by Thomas Hardy.Dual format plays on DVD Blu-ray players.DVDBR.Credits: music, Philippe Sarde; cinematographer, Ghislain Cloquet; cinematographer, Geoffrey Unsworth.Credits: director, Roman Polanski; writer, Roman Polanski; writer, Gérard Brach; writer, John Brownjohn; music, Philippe Sarde; cinematographer, Ghislain Cloquet; cinematographer, Geoffrey Unsworth.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Leigh Lawson, Peter Firth, John Collin, John Bett, Fred Bryant, Tom Chadbon, Tony Church, Sylvia Coleridge, Arielle Dombasle, David Markham, Rosemary Martin, Richard Pearson, Carolyn Pickles.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Local class:
FEATURE
Language:
English
BRN:
1639488
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