Tess

About Tess

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.

Tess is a 1979 romance film directed by Roman Polanski. It runs 172 minutes and was released in October 1979.

Nastassja Kinski appears as Tess Durbeyfield, Peter Firth as Angel Clare, Leigh Lawson as Alec d'Urberville, and John Collin as John Durbeyfield. Written by Gérard Brach and John Brownjohn. The film began as a novel.

Members will find mansion, farmer, peasant, and stonehenge in it. It streams on Criterion Channel in the United States.

The Revenant, The Nightingale, and War and Peace make useful companions to Tess, all filed under 19th century, murder, and rape. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 394 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.