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Tess

Tess

"She was born into a world where they called it seduction, not rape. What she did would shatter that world forever."

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.

Crew
Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Screenplay

Philippe Sarde

Philippe Sarde

Original Music Composer

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Director

Anthony Powell

Anthony Powell

Costume Design

Claude Berri

Claude Berri

Producer

Gérard Brach

Gérard Brach

Screenplay

John Brownjohn

Screenplay

Timothy Burrill

Co-Producer

Mary Selway

Casting

Pierre Guffroy

Pierre Guffroy

Production Design

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

Novel

Jennifer Patrick

Dialogue Coach

Geoffrey Unsworth

Geoffrey Unsworth

Director of Photography

Carlo Savina

Conductor

Peter Knight

Orchestrator

Ghislain Cloquet

Director of Photography

Jean-Pierre Rassam

Jean-Pierre Rassam

Associate Producer

Pierre Grunstein

Pierre Grunstein

Executive Producer

Alastair McIntyre

Editor

Tom Priestley

Editor

Paul Maigret

Production Manager

Jack Stephens

Art Direction

Sue Lefton

Choreographer

Thierry Chabert

Thierry Chabert

First Assistant Director

Hugues de Laugardière

Second Assistant Director

Romain Goupil

Romain Goupil

Second Assistant Director

Jean-Pierre Ruh

Jean-Pierre Ruh

Production Sound Mixer

Hervé de Luze

Hervé de Luze

Sound Editor

Maurice Gilbert

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Alex Pront

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Watts

Dolby Consultant

Louis Gimel

Boom Operator

Jean-Pierre Lelong

Sound Effects Editor

Robert Rietti

Robert Rietti

ADR Supervisor

Hercules Bellville

Second Unit Director

Jean Harnois

Camera Operator

Alain Depardieu

Alain Depardieu

Unit Manager

Sylvette Baudrot

Sylvette Baudrot

Continuity

Didier Lavergene

Makeup Artist

Ludovic Paris

Ludovic Paris

Hairdresser

François Lauliac

Assistant Camera

Eric Brach

Assistant Camera

Albert Rajau

Assistant Art Director

Jean-Claude Bourdin

Assistant Art Director

Michel Damiens

Assistant Art Director

Pierre Lefait

Set Dresser

Jean-Claude Sévenet

Set Dresser

Marcel Laude

Property Master

Thérèse Ripaud

Wardrobe Supervisor

Joanna Johnston

Joanna Johnston

Assistant Costume Designer

Caroline de Vivaise

Caroline de Vivaise

Wardrobe Designer

Frederic Vieille

Wardrobe Designer

Paul Le Marinel

Assistant Makeup Artist

Alain Bernard

Assistant Hairdresser

Jacqueline Mariani

Assistant Editor

Pierre Louis Lecoeur

Assistant Editor

François Nadal

Animal Wrangler

Jérôme Jeannet

Location Manager

Philippe Desmoulins

Location Manager

Patrick Bordier

Patrick Bordier

Animal Wrangler

Jean-Claude Le Bras

Gaffer

André Thiéry

Grip

Colette Suder

Production Accountant

Jeannie Stone

Production Assistant

Marguerite Théoule

Production Assistant

Andrea Potter

Researcher

Bernard Prim

Still Photographer

Josée Bénabent-Loiseau

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