Tess (1979)

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Synopsis
In Roman Polanski's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Nastassja Kinski plays Tess, a poor British peasant girl sent to live with her distant and wealthy relatives, the D'Urbervilles. Though Tess' father had hoped that the girl would be permitted a portion of the D'Urberville riches, he is in for a major disappointment: Tess' new housemates are not D'Urbervilles at all, but a social-climbing family that has bought the name. Tess won three Oscars, including a "Best Cinematography" statuette for the late Geoffrey Unsworth and his successor Ghislain Cloquet. The film also served to catapult Nastassja Kinski to stardom. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Production Crew

Jack Stephens	Art Director
Jean-Pierre Rassam	Associate Producer
Thomas Hardy	Book Author
Mary Selway	Casting
Geoffrey Unsworth	Cinematographer
Ghislain Cloquet	Cinematographer
Timothy Burrill	Co-producer
Philippe Sarde	Composer (Music Score)
Anthony Powell	Costume Designer
Roman Polanski	Director
Alastair McIntyre	Editor
Tom Priestley	Editor
Pierre Grunstein	Executive Producer
Didier Lavergne	Makeup
Claude Berri	Producer
Anthony Powell	Production Designer
Pierre Guffroy	Production Designer
Gérard Brach	Screenwriter
John Brownjohn	Screenwriter
Roman Polanski	Screenwriter
Hercules Bellville	Second Unit Director

Genre
Drama

Awards
1979 - Best Film - French Academy of Cinema
1979 - Best Picture - French Academy of Cinema
1980 - Best Foreign Film - Golden Globe
1980 - Best Foreign Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1980 - Best Picture - Academy
1980 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1980 - Best Picture - Academy
1980 - Best Picture - Academy
1980 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1980 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1980 - Best Foreign Film - Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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John Collin	Mr. John Durbeyfield
Peter Firth	Angel Clare
Nastassja Kinski	Tess Durbeyfield
Leigh Lawson	Alec d'Urberville
David Markham	Rev. Mr. Clare
Rosemary Martin	Mrs. Durbeyfield
Richard Pearson	Vicar of Marlott
Carolyn Pickles	Miriam
Pascale de Boysson	Mrs. Clare

Tess (1979)

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