Tess
(1979)
Regisseur:
Roman PolanskiSchauspieler:
Nastassja Kinski, John Collin, Richard Pearson, Suzanna Hamilton, John Barrett, Véronique Alain, Arielle Dombasle, Jimmy Gardner, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles, David Markham, Pascale de Boysson, Caroline Embling, Tony ChurchSüdengland, 19. Jahrhundert. Der verarmte Jack Durbeyfield schickt Tochter Tess zu den reichen d'Urbervilles. Sie erhält eine Anstellung. Nach einem Tanzabend wird sie vom Stutzer Alec vergewaltigt und seine Geliebte. Tess erwartet ein Kind, flieht. Das Kind stirbt bei der Geburt. Tess wird Magd, heiratet den Pfarrersohn Angel, der nach Übersee geht, als er von ihrer Vergangenheit erfährt. Tess wird Tagelöhnerin, trifft Alec wieder. Angel kehrt zurück, findet Tess und Alec in einer Pension. Tess ermordet Alec, flieht mit Angel und wird in Stonehenge verhaftet.
This multiple-Oscar-winning film by Roman Polanski is an exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl (Nastassja Kinski, in a gorgeous breakthrough) 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, which Polanski unfolds with deliberation and finesse. With its earthy visual textures, achieved by two world-class cinematographers—Geoffrey Unsworth (Cabaret) and Ghislain Cloquet (Au hasard Balthazar)—Tess is a work of great pastoral beauty as well as vivid storytelling.
This multiple-Oscar-winning film by Roman Polanski is an exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl (Nastassja Kinski, in a gorgeous breakthrough) 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, which Polanski unfolds with deliberation and finesse. With its earthy visual textures, achieved by two world-class cinematographers—Geoffrey Unsworth (Cabaret) and Ghislain Cloquet (Au hasard Balthazar)—Tess is a work of great pastoral beauty as well as vivid storytelling.
