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Tess
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama, Romance |
| Release Date: | January 1, 1979 |
| Running time: | 171 minutes |
| Cast: | Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin |
| Director: | Roman Polanski |
| Writer: | Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski |
Description: In Roman Polanski's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Nastassja Kinski plays Tess, a poor British peasant girl sent to live with her distant and wealthy relatives, the D'Urbervilles. Though Tess' father had hoped that the girl would be permitted a portion of the D'Urberville riches, he is in for a major disappointment: Tess' new housemates are not D'Urbervilles at all, but a social-climbing family that has bought the name. Tess won three Oscars, including a Best Cinematography statuette for the late Geoffrey Unsworth and his successor Ghislain Cloquet. The film also served to catapult Nastassja Kinski to stardom.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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