Tess [videorecording]
2016
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Roman Polanski co-writes and directs this adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel, with Nastassja Kinski starring in the title role. In 19th-century England, a peasant farmer discovers that his family are descended from a noble family, the d'Urbervilles so he sends his daughter Tess Durbeyfield (Kinski) to live with her rich cousin, Alec d'Urberville (Leigh Lawson). After having a baby by him that dies in infancy, Tess runs away and meets a farmer named Angel Clare (Peter Firth) with whom she falls in love and marries. When she tells Angel about her past he is heartbroken and hastily rejects her, leaving Tess to return to Alec. But when Angel returns home, Tess kills Alec in order to be with the only man she has ever loved, Angel.
Main title:
Tess [videorecording] / producer, Claude Berri.
Author:
Polanski, Roman, directorSarde, Philippe, composer (expression)Kinski, Nastassja, 1960-, actorLawson, Leigh, 1945-, actorFirth, Peter, 1953-, actorHardy, Thomas, 1840-1928, book author
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : BFI, 2016.
Collation:
1 DVD (164 min.) : colour.
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Other Ratio 1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen, Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Trailers, Other documentaries ('Tess: From Novel to Screen' (2004), 'Filming Tess' (2004), 'Tess: The Experience' (2004), 'Costume Designs' (2013)).Made in 1979.Based on the novel 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' by Thomas Hardy.DVDN.
Credits:
Credits: director, Roman Polanski; writer, Roman Polanski; writer, GeĢrard Brach; writer, John Brownjohn; music, Philippe Sarde; cinematographer, Ghislain Cloquet; cinematographer, Geoffrey Unsworth.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Leigh Lawson, Peter Firth, John Collin, John Bett, Fred Bryant, Tom Chadbon, Tony Church, Sylvia Coleridge, Arielle Dombasle, David Markham, Rosemary Martin, Richard Pearson, Carolyn Pickles.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2222339
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