Nastassja Kinski,
Leigh Lawson,
Peter Firth,
John Collin,
David Markham
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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'Urbervil... read more
DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004
Stats: 263 reviews
The mean and downward day by day of a gorgeous peasant girl. beautifully adapted to the screen by Roman Polanski. A film dedicated to his wife Sharon Tate.
Natassja Kinski delivers a intelligent star-making performance as strong-willed farm girl of exceptional beauty from a poor family who is forcibly seduce by aristocrat. leaving her pregnant and alone, she gives birth to a sickly child who soon dies. She eventually falls in love w... read more
Looooong, faithful (so I'm told) filming of the novel with attractive scenery & costumes. Meek by Polanski standards but more engaging than most period dramas.
The success of the movie starts with the choice of the actress for the title role. Tess played by 20 years old Nasstasia Kinski is beautiful, sensual, shy and full of life and hope for love. The life of Tess unfolds in front of us from her teenage years as an innocent country gir... read more
I don't usually fall for period melodrama, but sprinkle in a dash of Roman and I was swept away by this one.
Nostalgia value for me... I was totally smitten with Nastaja Kinski and the scene where she eats strawberries!!
I like this version, but I like the A&E version of "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" with Justine Waddell better. Of course, this site didn't have that one listed so I added this one to my favorites instead.
Without Mr. Polanski's name in the credits, this lush and scenic Tess could even be mistaken for the work of David Lean. Full Review
een in the context of Roman Polanski's career it becomes something rich and strange, shaded into terror by the naturalistic absurdism that is the basis of Polanski's style. Full Review
Visually, Tess is a masterpiece, capturing in amazing detail the scenery and atmosphere of the England of yore. The film's chief drawback, however, is its lack of vitality. Full Review
Though not one of Polanski's best features, this adaptation of Thomas Hardy's challenging novel, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, is intelligent if flawed, but it's nice to look at due to excellent producti... Full Review
Tess tells one rather more about its director's much publicised preoccupations than about Hardy's themes. Full Review
Polanski is entitled to one monstrously overlong period piece, and in Tess he acquits himself satisfactorily, though the film isn't nearly the equal of its counterparts Full Review
Tess conveys the bleak determinism that makes this young woman's life so anguished. Full Review
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