Tess of the D'Urbervilles Movie Review 1998

Thomas Hardy's rural Victorian England is the setting for romantic tragedy. Tess Durbeyfield (Waddell) is a poor, naive 16-year-old who's unwillingly sent to work for the wealthy D'Urbervilles, whom her family believes are distant relatives. There, Tess becomes the target of wastrel Alec's (Flemyng) desires and he takes advantage of her. Several years later, Tess is now working as a dairymaid and falls in true love with Angel Clare (Milburn), but he can't accept her soiled past even though they've married. Heartbroken Tess falls deeper into hardship until Alec suddenly reappears in her life--and so does Angel.

Distribution

VideoPreview Collection, National Fulfillment Center, PO Box 4055, Santa Monica, CA 90405, Toll-free: 800-771-9232, Fax: (310)399-4844

Available on VHS
Running time 180 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Period Piece: 19th Century, Books to Film: Thomas Hardy, Tragedy, Hard Knock Life, Romantic Triangles, Marriage

Screenplay

Ted Whitehead

Cast

Justine Waddell, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Milburn, John McEnery, Lesley Dunlop, Gerald James, Debbie Chazen

Cinematography

Richard Greatrex

Director

Ian Sharp

Music

Alan Lisk

Producer

LWT Production