Directed by:
Roman PolańskiComposer:
Philippe SardeCast:
Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Tom Chadbon, Leigh Lawson, Richard Pearson, Suzanna Hamilton, John Barrett, Pascale de Boysson, Arielle Dombasle (more)Plots(1)
At the end of the 19th century, Tess, the daughter of a farmer goes to find work at the manor of Trantrige, where she fall sin love with her cousin, Alec. She becomes pregnant, but the child doesn't survive. She has to run away and finds a job in a dairy-farm. She falls in love with the son of a minister and marries him. She tells him the truth about her past and he refuses to forgive her, he goes off to Brazil. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rosemary Martin
UK
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Tess (1979)
Anne Tirard
UK
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Jimmy Gardner (a.f.)
UK
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Patsy Smart
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John Collin
UK
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Tess (1979)
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Graham Weston
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Tess (1979)
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Sylvia Coleridge
India
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Tess (1979)
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John Bett
UK
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Keith Buckley
UK
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John Moore
UK
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David Markham
UK
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John Gill
UK
Best movies:
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Gordon Richardson
UK
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Tess (1979)
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