Tess Dual Format (Blu-ray + DVD) (UK Import)

Directed by Roman Polanski

Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Leigh Lawson, Peter Firth, John Collin, John Bett, Fred Bryant, Tom Chadbon, Tony Church, Sylvia Coleridge, Arielle Dombasle, David Markham, Rosemary Martin, Richard Pearson, Carolyn Pickles
Contributors: Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, Claude Berri, Philippe Sarde, Ghislain Cloquet, Geoffrey Unsworth
Studio: BFI
Genre: Drama
Main Language: English
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 18 Mar 2013
Originally Issued: 1979
No of Discs: 2
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 164 minutes

Description

Roman Polanski co-writes and directs this adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel, with Nastassja Kinski starring in the title role. In 19th-century England, a peasant farmer discovers that his family are descended from a noble family, the d'Urbervilles so he sends his daughter Tess Durbeyfield (Kinski) to live with her rich cousin, Alec d'Urberville (Leigh Lawson). After having a baby by him that dies in infancy, Tess runs away and meets a farmer named Angel Clare (Peter Firth) with whom she falls in love and marries.

When she tells Angel about her past he is heartbroken and hastily rejects her, leaving Tess to return to Alec. But when Angel returns home, Tess kills Alec in order to be with the only man she has ever loved, Angel.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Other Documentary: ''Tess' - From Novel to Screen', 'Filming 'Tess'', ''Tess' - The Experience', 'Costume Designs'