Tess
Columbia Pictures presents a Renn production; directed by Roman Polanski; produced by Claude Berri; screenplay, Gerard Brach, Roman Polanski, John Brownjohn
- Resource Type:
- VHS Video
- Publication:
- Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, [1986]
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- Summary:
- Tess is the daughter of a poor, drunken farmer who discovers that he is actually of noble descent. Tess is sent off to live with their proper and wealthy relatives. There, she is seduced by a suave but sinister cousin and bears him a bastard son who dies while still an infant. The backdrop is morally rigid Victorian England where Tess must carry the shame of her past even into her marriage to a minister's son--until she cleanses herself of all guilt in one ultimate act of passion.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Tess of the D'Urbervilles [by Hardy, T.]
- Genres:
- Performers:
- Cast: Nastassia Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson.
- Production Credits:
- Executive producer, Pierre Grunstein ; photography, Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet ; editors, Alastair McIntyre, Tom Priestley ; music, Philippe Sarde.
- General Notes:
- Based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Hardy.
Originally released as motion picture in 1979.
VHS, hi-fi.
Publisher's no.: 60228.
Golden Globes, 1981: Best Foreign Film (France); New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female (Natassja Kinski).
Academy Awards, 1981: Best Cinematography (Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens); Best Costume Design (Anthony Powell). - Physical Description:
- 2 videocassettes (172 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- polyester; 1/2 in.; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- analog; magnetic; mono
- Video Characteristics:
- VHS; NTSC
- Call Numbers:
- MV 809
- OCLC Numbers:
- 14975311