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Plot: Roman Polanski adapted Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles and came up with this moody, haunting film starring Nastassia Kinski as the farm girl who is misused by the aristocrat for ...( read more read more... )whom she works and who is then caught in a marriage where her initial happiness soon turns to grief. Fans of the novel may feel unpersuaded by Polanski's effort to marry Hardy's Dorset vision with his own fascination with psychosexual impulses toward survival, but the film is an often stunning thing to see, and Kinski's sensitive, intelligent performance lingers in the memory. --Tom Keogh

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  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 11, 2008
    I don't usually fall for period melodrama, but sprinkle in a dash of Roman and I was swept away by this one.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 16, 2007
    an unremarkable period piece from Roman Polanski that is ridiculously long winded but nice to look at
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 13, 2007
    just loved this movie and yes, I cried.. but I did enjoy most of Thomas Hardy's books and Roman Polanski did credit to this one
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 9, 2007
    Nostalgia value for me... I was totally smitten with Nastaja Kinski and the scene where she eats strawberries!!
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 2, 2007
    tess,she is always hurt because of her beautiful appearance,she knows how to love a man but she don't know how to control her life,more temptation than the ugly one in real life.kinski is so pretty womanly lady
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 4, 2007
    Okey, I don't really know if this was the film I saw an sunday morning. The film I saw was black and white. It was good, but not that good.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 27, 2007
    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.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 24, 2007
    Beautiful-looking film, an Natassja Kinski is just stunningly beautiful, though her accent is a trifle dodgy at times. It does seem unecessarily long and the end seems rather anti-climactic. THe book is probably better.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 12, 2007
    Could anyone ever eat a strawberry like Tess?

    Hardy's tragic tale brought to the screen magnificently so imao.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 3, 2007
    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.

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  • Rated: (PG)
  • Directed by: Roman Polanski
  • Genres: Art House & International, Drama
  • Released: December 12, 1980
  • DVD Released: September 28, 2004

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