Tess / Pathé! ; Renn Productions presents a Roman Polanski film ; screenplay, Gerard Brach, Roman Polanski, John Brownjohn ; executive producer, Pierre Grunstein ; produced by Claude Berri ; directed by Roman Polanski ; Burrill Productions.

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An adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. 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. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and reven...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Tess (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Pathé cinéma (France) (Production company)
Renn Productions (Production company)
Burrill Productions (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Polanski, Roman (Film director, Screenwriter)
Brach, Gérard (Screenwriter)
Brownjohn, John (Screenwriter)
Kinski, Nastassja, 1960- (Actor)
Firth, Peter, 1953- (Actor)
Lawson, Leigh, 1945- (Actor)
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- (interviewer (expression))
MacCabe, Colin (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Subtitled for the deaf or hard of hearing.
Published: [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Edition:Director-approved special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 697.
Subjects:
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Film adaptations.
Young women > England > Drama.
Social stratification > England > Drama.
Poor families > England > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > England > Drama.
Wessex (England) > Drama.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 DVDs (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
An adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. 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. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Issued as part of a Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition.
Special features: Ciné regards (Forty-five minute documentary shot on location for French television during the making of the film); Once upon a time ... "Tess" (a 2006 documentary about the film); On the making of Tess: From novel to screen, Filming Tess, Tess: the experience; The South Bank show (host Melvyn Bragg interveiws the director about Tess and his career in this 1979 episode); Trailer.
Call Number:PN1995.9.W6 T47 2014 VideoDVD
Audience:
CHV rating: PG ; OFRB rating: PG.
Credits:Music, Philippe Sarde ; production designer, Pierre Guffroy ; costume designer, Anthony Powell ; photography, Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet ; editors, Alastair McIntyre, Tom Priestley ; art director, Jack Stephens ; choreography, Sue Lefton.
System Details:DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround.
Participant or Performer:
Nastassia Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles, Richard Pearson, David Markham, Pascale de Boysson, Suzanna Hamilton, Caroline Embling, Tony Church, Lesley Dunlop, Sylvia Coleridge, Fred Bryant, Dicken Ashworth, Patsy Rowlands, John Barrett, Patsy Smart.
Source of Description:
Title from title frames.