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.
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Tess
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Movie · Drama · Romance · PG
1979 · 2h 52m · ★ 75% (38K)
She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. What she did would shatter that world forever.
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson
Overview
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.
Director
Roman Polanski
Production
Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions
Cast
Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles, Richard Pearson, David Markham, Pascale de Boysson, Suzanna Hamilton, Caroline Embling, Tony Church, Lesley Dunlop, Sylvia Coleridge, Fred Bryant, Dicken Ashworth, Patsy Rowlands, John Barrett, Patsy Smart, Brigid Erin Bates