First time on DVD! Academy Award- winning timeless adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic romance! A rural clergyman in 19th-century England tells a simple farmer that he may be descended from the illustrious d'Urberville family. The farmer sends his daughter Tess to check on a family named d'Uberville living in a manor house less than a day's carriage ride away. However, her so-called cousin purchased his ancestral name and coat of arms. Tess plays her own game of illusion when she finds, loses, and finds again her true love. Starring: Nastassia Kinski, Peter Firth. Directed by Academy Award winner Roman Polanski (The Pianist, Best Director - 2002).

Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zerbricht das unschuldige Bauernmädchen Tess an der Ausbeutung und Heuchelei der viktorianischen Gesellschaft: Ihr Vater schickt die naive Schönheit zum Arbeiten auf den Gutshof von adeligen Verwandten. Tess lernt dort die Welt der Reichen und Noblen kennen, aber wird schmählich betrogen und zutiefst enttäuscht. Das unschuldige Bauernmädchen droht an der Ausbeutung und Heuchelei der viktorianischen Gesellschaft zu zerbrechen ...

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Actor	Peter Firth, David Markham, John Collin, Leigh Lawson, Nastassja Kinski
Director	Roman Polanski

Languages	English
Content	DVD
Edition	Special Edition
FSK / age rating	from age 12
Publication date	28.09.2004
Genre	Drama

Length	172 minutes
Audio	English (Dolby Surround)
Subtitles	English, French, Spanish
Extras	Behind the scenes
Screen	2.35:1
Year of production	1979
Original title	Tess
Region code	1
Version	US Version

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Superfilm! Aber...

Written on 28. March 2004 by linski.

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...ohne englischen Orginalton ist die DVD für die Mülltonne :-(

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