
A strong-willed peasant girl 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, but is left traumatised from her experiences.
Cast

Nastassja Kinski
Tess Durbeyfield

Peter Firth
Angel Clare

Leigh Lawson
Alec d'Urberville

John Collin
John Durbeyfield

Rosemary Martin
Mrs. Durbeyfield

Carolyn Pickles
Marian

Richard Pearson
Vicar of Marlott
David Markham
Reverend Mr. Clare

Pascale de Boysson
Mrs. Clare

Suzanna Hamilton
Izz Huett
Caroline Embling
Retty
Tony Church
Parson Tringham

Lesley Dunlop
Girl in Henhouse
Sylvia Coleridge
Mrs. d'Urberville
Fred Bryant
Dairyman Crick
Dicken Ashworth
Farmer Groby
Patsy Rowlands
Landlady

John Barrett
Old Dairy Hand
Patsy Smart
Housekeeper
Brigid Erin Bates
Girl in Meadow
Jeanne Biras
Girl in Meadow

John Bett
Felix Clare

Tom Chadbon
Cuthbert Clare

Maryline Even
Girl in Henhouse
Jean-Jacques Daubin
Bailiff
Jacob Weizbluth
Yokel at barn-dance

Jacques Mathou
Harvester

Véronique Alain
Harvester
Anne Tirard
Old Dairy Hand
Josine Comellas
Mrs. Crick

Arielle Dombasle
Mercy Chant
Gordon Richardson
Parson at Wedding

Jimmy Gardner
Pedlar
Reg Dent
Carter
John Gill
Landlord

Forbes Collins
New Tenant

Keith Buckley
Postman
John Moore
Postman
Graham Weston
Constable

Peter Benson
Religious Fanatic (uncredited)
Crew

Roman Polanski
Director, Screenplay

Gérard Brach
Screenplay
John Brownjohn
Screenplay

Thomas Hardy
Novel
Alastair McIntyre
Editor
Tom Priestley
Editor
Jacqueline Mariani
Assistant Editor
Pierre Louis Lecoeur
Assistant Editor

Geoffrey Unsworth
Director of Photography
Ghislain Cloquet
Director of Photography

Thierry Chabert
First Assistant Director
Hugues de Laugardière
Second Assistant Director

Romain Goupil
Second Assistant Director

Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer

Claude Berri
Producer

Jean-Pierre Rassam
Associate Producer
Timothy Burrill
Co-Producer
Jeannie Stone
Production Assistant
Marguerite Théoule
Production Assistant

Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Jean Harnois
Camera Operator
François Lauliac
Assistant Camera
Eric Brach
Assistant Camera
Mary Selway
Casting

Joanna Johnston
Assistant Costume Designer
Thérèse Ripaud
Wardrobe Supervisor

Anthony Powell
Costume Design

Caroline de Vivaise
Wardrobe Designer
Frederic Vieille
Wardrobe Designer

Ludovic Paris
Hairdresser
Alain Bernard
Assistant Hairdresser
Paul Le Marinel
Assistant Makeup Artist
Didier Lavergene
Makeup Artist
Hercules Bellville
Second Unit Director
Albert Rajau
Assistant Art Director
Jean-Claude Bourdin
Assistant Art Director
Michel Damiens
Assistant Art Director
Jean-Pierre Lelong
Sound Effects Editor

Hervé de Luze
Sound Editor
Maurice Gilbert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Alex Pront
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jean-Pierre Ruh
Production Sound Mixer
David Watts
Dolby Consultant
Louis Gimel
Boom Operator
Robert Rietti
ADR Supervisor

Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Colette Suder
Production Accountant
Jennifer Patrick
Dialogue Coach
Pierre Lefait
Set Dresser
Jean-Claude Sévenet
Set Dresser
Bernard Prim
Still Photographer
Jérôme Jeannet
Location Manager
Philippe Desmoulins
Location Manager
Sue Lefton
Choreographer
François Nadal
Animal Wrangler

Patrick Bordier
Animal Wrangler
Marcel Laude
Property Master

Sylvette Baudrot
Continuity
André Thiéry
Grip
Jean-Claude Le Bras
Gaffer
Paul Maigret
Production Manager
Andrea Potter
Researcher

Alain Depardieu
Unit Manager
Carlo Savina
Conductor
Josée Bénabent-Loiseau
Publicist
Jack Stephens
Art Direction
Peter Knight
Orchestrator
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