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Tess

7.1 172 mins Drama   Romance   1979
Renn Productions   Timothy Burrill Productions  
Director(s): Roman Polanski

Release Date: 06 Sat, Oct 1979

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.

Casts of Tess

Nastassja Kinski

as Tess Durbeyfield

Peter Firth

as Angel Clare

Leigh Lawson

as Alec d'Urberville

John Collin

as John Durbeyfield

Rosemary Martin

as Mrs. Durbeyfield

Carolyn Pickles

as Marian

Richard Pearson

as Vicar of Marlott

David Markham

as Reverend Mr. Clare

Pascale de Boysson

as Mrs. Clare

Suzanna Hamilton

as Izz Huett

Caroline Embling

as Retty

Tony Church

as Parson Tringham

Lesley Dunlop

as Girl in Henhouse

Sylvia Coleridge

as Mrs. d'Urberville

Fred Bryant

as Dairyman Crick

Dicken Ashworth

as Farmer Groby

Patsy Rowlands

as Landlady

John Barrett

as Old Dairy Hand

Patsy Smart

as Housekeeper

Brigid Erin Bates

as Girl in Meadow

Jeanne Biras

as Girl in Meadow

John Bett

as Felix Clare

Tom Chadbon

as Cuthbert Clare

Maryline Even

as Girl in Henhouse

Jean-Jacques Daubin

as Bailiff

Jacob Weizbluth

as Yokel at barn-dance

Jacques Mathou

as Harvester

Véronique Alain

as Harvester

Anne Tirard

as Old Dairy Hand

Josine Comellas

as Mrs. Crick

Arielle Dombasle

as Mercy Chant

Gordon Richardson

as Parson at Wedding

Jimmy Gardner

as Pedlar

Reg Dent

as Carter

John Gill

as Landlord

Forbes Collins

as New Tenant

Keith Buckley

as Postman

John Moore

as Postman

Graham Weston

as Constable

Peter Benson

as Religious Fanatic (uncredited)

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