Tess(Movie, 1979)

Name: Tess
Genre: Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1979
Duration: T02:51:00
Rating: 3.5

| 2h 51min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 143 votes)

Tess is a 1979 drama film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, and Leigh Lawson. It is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The screenplay was written by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, and Roman Polanski. The film received positive critical reviews upon release and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning three for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Tess

Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Production Design National Board of Review: Top Ten Films César Award for Best Film nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design nominated for: Academy Award for Best Production Design nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score nominated for: César Award for Best Actress

About Tess

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.

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Tess (1979) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD](Trailer, 1:49)

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Additional Information

Production countries: France, United Kingdom (UK)

Shot in: Locronan, Morlaix, Plomelin

Plays in: England

Based on the work of: Thomas Hardy ("Tess of the d'Urbervilles")

Made by: Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions, Société Française de Production (SFP)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 25 languages: Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/12/1979 (World premiere: 10/06/1979)

Dedicated to: Sharon Tate

Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, Carolyn Pickles, David Markham, Suzanna Hamilton, Arielle Dombasle, Maryline Even, Pascale de Boysson, John Barrett, Lesley Dunlop, Forbes Collins, Patsy Rowlands, Jacques Mathou, Richard Pearson

Director: Roman Polanski

Producer: Claude Berri

Screenwriter: Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach

Film Editor: Alastair McIntyre, Hervé de Luze

Director of Photography: Ghislain Cloquet, Geoffrey Unsworth

Composer: Philippe Sarde

Costume designer: Anthony Powell

Production Designer: Pierre Guffroy

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Tess - Uma Lição de Vida"

"Tess - viattomuuden tarina"

"Τες, γλυκιά μου ξαδέλφη"

"Egy tiszta nő"

"テス"

"테스"

"El sacrificio de Tess"

"Тэсс"

Keywords: marriage, strong, revenge, peasant, aristocratic, farmer, nobility, 19th century, mansion, stonehenge, rape, love, murder, based on novel or book, family

Budget: 12,000,000 USD

Revenue: 20,101,247 USD (= 168%)

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Tess(Movie, 1979)

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