Tess Of The D Urbervilles Movie Polanski
In roman polanski s take on tess of the d urbervilles impressionable young tess nastassja kinski is sent by her alcoholic father to visit her rich relatives and apply for a job.
Tess of the d urbervilles movie polanski. This roman polanski film won the same amount of academy awards as his later movie the pianist 2002 with both pictures winning three oscars. Tess is a 1979 drama film directed by roman polanski and starring nastassja kinski peter firth and leigh lawson. Polanski s vision for tess 1979 was for the film to reflect an ancient peasant culture which he witnessed during the second world war in poland after escaping from the kraków ghetto something which is the subject of the pianist 2002. The main flaw i would say is the choice of lead actor.
Nastassja kinski is just right for the title role. Both the bbc and itv have since done productions which i would say are superior to this roman polanski version though it is worth watching. Tess 1979 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Tess pg drama movie 1979 in roman polanski s take on tess of the d urbervilles impressionable young tess nastassja kinski is sent by her alcoholic father to visit her ric.
Tess of the d urbervilles is a classic thomas hardy novel which has been adapted a few times into film and television series. 2 this adaptation of thomas hardy s tragic novel tess of the d urbervilles completed in 1891 was roman polanski s first movie after jumping bail in the us in 1978 having pleaded guilty to the. This isn t a devout rendering of a literary masterpiece but a film that lives and breathes and has a quick sympathy for its heroine. In 1979 10 years after the murders of sharon tate and four others at her and roman polanski s home the infamous director released the film tess the film starring cat people actress.
She has the youth the freshness and the naiveté of a tess and none of the practiced mannerisms of an actress engaged to interpret the role. Two years later he co wrote and directed tess an adaptation of thomas hardy s tess of the d ubervilles starring nastassja kinski as the titular peasant girl who suffers a variety of hardships.