Tess Of The D Urbervilles 2008 Cast

After alec gives up preaching in order to court tess and father darbeyfield is killed by illness she writes a vicious letter to angel rejecting him as cruel which he never receives and starts wandering.

Tess of the d urbervilles 2008 cast. Gemma arterton is the first english born actress to portray tess. It is an adaptation of thomas hardy s 1891 novel tess of the d urbervilles. Directed by david blair. A pure woman faithfully presented is a novel by thomas hardy it initially appeared in a censored and serialised version published by the british illustrated newspaper the graphic in 1891 then in book form in three volumes in 1891 and as a single volume in 1892.

With gemma arterton hans matheson eddie redmayne ruth jones. Angel clare donald sumpter. Directed by david blair. The screenplay was written by gérard brach john brownjohn and roman polanski.

Parson tringham ian puleston davies. Quantum of solace st trinian s stars as tess the spirited heroine of thomas hardy s immortal work. Tess of the d urbervilles. All the previous actresses to play the part were born in the united states minnie maddern fiske and blanche sweet germany nastassja kinski or south africa justine waddell.

Eddie redmayne gemma arterton ruth jones christopher fairbank hans matheson donald sumpter jodie whittaker ian puleston davies jessica turner anna massey jo woodcock kenneth cranham hugh skinner steven robertson rebekah staton christine bottomley emma stansfield jeany spark trevor cooper sally bankes emily beecham. The surprising perk of the job is the presence of angel clare son of a parson. Primary characters ruth jones as joan durbeyfield ian puleston davies as john durbeyfield jodie whittaker as izz huett donald sumpter as parson tringham anna massey as mrs d urbeville christopher fairbank as groby jo woodcock as liza lu durbeyfield. Though now considered a major 19th century english novel even hardy s fictional masterpiece tess of.

Tess is a 1979 drama film directed by roman polanski and starring nastassja kinski peter firth and leigh lawson. Joan durbeyfield eddie redmayne. With gemma arterton eddie redmayne ruth jones donald sumpter. Gemma arterton james bond.

Tess of the d urbervilles tv mini series 2008 cast and crew credits including actors.