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Tess

on BBC Two England

starring
Nastassia Kinski
Peter Firth
Leigh Lawson
In the Wessex village of Marlott, impoverished farmer
John Durbeyfield is surprised to discover that his family is the last of the noble line of d'Urbervilles. His ambition leads him to dispatch his beautiful 16-year-old daughter, Tess, to the wealthy Alec d'Urberville, a suave philanderer who desires her as his mistress ...
In this sumptuous and faithful adaptation of the famous tragic novel by Thomas Hardy , director Roman Polanski cast young star Nastassia Kinski as Tess, a woman victimised by the injustices and hypocrisy of Victorian rural life.
Screenplay by GERARD BRACH .
ROMAN POLANSKI, JOHN BROWNJOHN Based on the novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles by THOMAS HARDY Produced by CLAUDE BERRI
Directed by ROMAN POLANSKI
(First showing on British television) 0 FILMS: page 27
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Contributors

Unknown:
Nastassia Kinski
Unknown:
Peter Firth
Unknown:
Leigh Lawson
Unknown:
John Durbeyfield
Novel By:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Nastassia Kinski
Play By:
Gerard Brach
Unknown:
John Brownjohn
Produced By:
Claude Berri
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Tess:
Nastassia Kinski
Angel Clare:
Peter Firth
Alec d'Urberville:
Leigh Lawson
John Durbeyfield:
John Colun
Mrs Durbeyfield:
Rosemary Martin
Parson Tringham:
Tony Church
Mrs d'Urberville:
Sylvia Coleridge
Marian:
Carolyn Pickles
IZZ:
Suzanna Hamilton
Retty:
Caroline Embling
Mercy Chant:
Arielle Dombasle
Reverend Mr Clare:
David Markham
Mrs Clare:
Pascale de Boysson
Vicar of Marlott:
Richard Pearson
Dairyman Crick:
Fred Bryant

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