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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