Tess

Name: Tess
Released: 1979
Duration: 171 min
Rating: 73.248730964467
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Tom Chadbon, Leigh Lawson, Richard Pearson

73%

Drama / Romance

France / UK, 1979, 171 min (Director's cut: 186 min)

Directed by:

Roman Polański

Based on:

Thomas Hardy (book)

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Roman Polanski's critically acclaimed adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel stars Nastassia Kinski as the ill-fated peasant girl whose beauty is both her fortune and her undoing. Exquisitely photographed and brilliantly acted, Tess explores the painful cruelty of love to create a modern masterpiece. (British Film Institute (BFI))