
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
A thrilling story of seduction, love and betrayal.
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Release Date
9/14/2008Runtime
4 eps, 240 minsGenres
Overview
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.

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A richly textured portrait of a young woman undone by circumstance, class prejudice, and the men who exploit her fragility. Tess unfolds with the slow gravity of tragedy, turning a personal story into an indictment of the systems that shape her fate.
Mood
MelancholicWistfulRomanticBleak
Themes
LoveClassBetrayalIdentityComing apart
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
PainterlyNaturalistic
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Sexual violence

Gemma Arterton
Tess Durbeyfield

Eddie Redmayne
Angel Clare

Hans Matheson
Alec D'Urberville

Ruth Jones
Joan Durbeyfield

Christopher Fairbank
Groby

Ian Puleston-Davies
John Durbeyfield

Jo Woodcock
Liza-Lu Durbeyfield

Hugh Skinner
Felix Clare

Donald Sumpter
Parson Tringham

Anna Massey
Mrs D'Urberville

Joel Rowbottom
Abraham Durbeyfield

Steven Robertson
Cuthbert Clare
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