DVD
Tess
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
Summary
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Thomas Hardy "Tess of the d'Urbervilles."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration supervised by director Roman Polanski ; Once upon a time-- "Tess," a 2006 documentary about the film ; three programs on the making of the film: From novel to screen, Filming "Tess," and "Tess": the experience - featuring interviews with Polanski, actors Nastassja Kinski and Leigh Lawson, producer Claude Berri, costume designer Anthony Powell, composer Phillipe Sarde, and others ; interview with Polanski from a 1979 episode of The South Bank Show ; forty-five-minute documentary shot on location for French television during the making of the film ; trailer.