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Tess (1979) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
170 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1979 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Roman Polanski

Written By:
Gérard Brach
Roman Polanski

Actors:
Nastassja Kinski ..... Tess d'Urberville
Peter Firth ..... Angel Clare
Leigh Lawson ..... Alec d'Urberville
John Collin ..... Mr. d'Urberville
Rosemary Martin ..... Mrs. d'Urberville
Carolyn Pickles ..... Miriam
Richard Pearson ..... Vicar of Marlott
David Markham ..... Reverend Mr. Clare
Pascale de Boysson ..... Mrs. Clare
Suzanna Hamilton ..... Izz
Caroline Embling ..... Retty
Tony Church ..... Parson Tringham
Lesley Dunlop ..... Girl in benbouse
Sylvia Coleridge ..... Mrs. d'Urberville
Fred Bryant ..... Dairyman Crick

Synopsis:

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.

In the Victorian period, a rural clergyman tells John Durbeyfield, a simple farmer, that he is descended from the illustrious d'Urberville family -- now extinct. Or maybe not. Durbeyfield sends his daughter Tess to check on a family named d'Uberville living in a manor house less than a day's carriage ride away. Alec d'Urberville is delighted to meet his beautiful 'cousin' and seduces her with strawberries and roses. Actually, Alec has gotten his illustrious name and coat of arms by purchasing them. Tess also takes up the game of illusion when she finds, loses and finds again her true love Angel Claire.

A young strong-willed peasant girl, becomes the affection of two men, in the end tragically falling into the arms of one.

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