"A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge."
Nastassja Kinski
as Tess Durbeyfield
Peter Firth
as Angel Clare
Leigh Lawson
as Alec d'Urberville
John Collin
as John Durbeyfield
Rosemary Martin
as Mrs. Durbeyfield
Carolyn Pickles
as Marian
Richard Pearson
as Vicar of Marlott
David Markham
as Reverend Mr. Clare
Pascale de Boysson
as Mrs. Clare
Suzanna Hamilton
as Izz Huett
Caroline Embling
as Retty
Tony Church
as Parson Tringham
Lesley Dunlop
as Girl in Henhouse
Sylvia Coleridge
as Mrs. d'Urberville
Fred Bryant
as Dairyman Crick
Dicken Ashworth
as Farmer Groby
Patsy Rowlands
as Landlady
John Barrett
as Old Dairy Hand
Patsy Smart
as Housekeeper
Brigid Erin Bates
as Girl in Meadow
Jeanne Biras
John Bett
as Felix Clare
Tom Chadbon
as Cuthbert Clare
Maryline Even
Jean-Jacques Daubin
as Bailiff
Jacob Weizbluth
as Yokel at barn-dance
Jacques Mathou
as Harvester
Véronique Alain
Anne Tirard
Josine Comellas
as Mrs. Crick
Arielle Dombasle
as Mercy Chant
Gordon Richardson
as Parson at Wedding
Jimmy Gardner
as Pedlar
Reg Dent
as Carter
John Gill
as Landlord
Forbes Collins
as New Tenant
Keith Buckley
as Postman
John Moore
Graham Weston
as Constable
Peter Benson
as Religious Fanatic (uncredited)
Claude Berri
Producer
Roman Polanski
Director
Screenplay
Gérard Brach
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Anthony Powell
Costume Design
John Brownjohn
Timothy Burrill
Co-Producer
Mary Selway
Casting
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Thomas Hardy
Novel
Jennifer Patrick
Dialogue Coach
Geoffrey Unsworth
Director of Photography
Carlo Savina
Conductor
Peter Knight
Orchestrator
Ghislain Cloquet
Jean-Pierre Rassam
Associate Producer
Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer
Alastair McIntyre
Editor
Tom Priestley
Paul Maigret
Production Manager
Jack Stephens
Art Direction
Sue Lefton
Choreographer
Thierry Chabert
First Assistant Director
Hugues de Laugardière
Second Assistant Director
Romain Goupil
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Production Sound Mixer
Hervé de Luze
Sound Editor
Maurice Gilbert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Alex Pront
David Watts
Dolby Consultant
Louis Gimel
Boom Operator
Jean-Pierre Lelong
Sound Effects Editor
Robert Rietti
ADR Supervisor
Hercules Bellville
Second Unit Director
Jean Harnois
Camera Operator
Alain Depardieu
Unit Manager
Sylvette Baudrot
Continuity
Didier Lavergene
Makeup Artist
Ludovic Paris
Hairdresser
François Lauliac
Assistant Camera
Eric Brach
Albert Rajau
Assistant Art Director
Jean-Claude Bourdin
Michel Damiens
Pierre Lefait
Set Dresser
Jean-Claude Sévenet
Marcel Laude
Property Master
Thérèse Ripaud
Wardrobe Supervisor
Joanna Johnston
Assistant Costume Designer
Caroline de Vivaise
Wardrobe Designer
Frederic Vieille
Paul Le Marinel
Assistant Makeup Artist
Alain Bernard
Assistant Hairdresser
Jacqueline Mariani
Assistant Editor
Pierre Louis Lecoeur
François Nadal
Animal Wrangler
Jérôme Jeannet
Location Manager
Philippe Desmoulins
Patrick Bordier
Jean-Claude Le Bras
Gaffer
André Thiéry
Grip
Colette Suder
Production Accountant
Jeannie Stone
Production Assistant
Marguerite Théoule
Andrea Potter
Researcher
Bernard Prim
Still Photographer
Josée Bénabent-Loiseau
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