Tess
Victorian men (Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson) victimize noble peasant beauty (Nastassja Kinski).
In Roman Polanski's take on "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," impressionable young Tess (Nastassja Kinski) is sent by her alcoholic father to visit her rich relatives and apply for a job. She's taken in and immediately seduced by her cousin, Alec (Leigh Lawson), who leaves her pregnant. She keeps it to herself and, after the child dies, begins a relationship with a respectable farmer, Angel (Peter Firth). They marry, but when Angel learns of her speckled past, he's not sure he can live with it.
Nastassja Kinskias Tess
Peter Firthas Angel Clare
Leigh Lawsonas Alec d'Urberville
John Collinas John Durbeyfield
David Markhamas Reverend Mr. Clare