Tess (1979)

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Country:

France | UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 December 1980 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Egy tiszta nő See more »

Filming Locations:

Château de Beaumanoir, Le Leslay, Côtes-d'Armor, France See more »

Gross:

$20,093,330 (USA) (1981)

Production Co:

Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions, Société Française de Production (SFP) See more »

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Runtime:

186 min  | Argentina: 150 min  | France: 170 min  | 172 min (DVD)  | West Germany: 134 min (re-issue version)  | West Germany: 184 min (original version)

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Trivia

Director of Photography Geoffrey Unsworth died of a heart attack during the third week of shooting at the end of October 1978. Most of the film's scenes shot by him were exteriors in the first half of the movie and can be noticed by some fog and slight diffusion. Ghislain Cloquet shot the second half and the remaining of the movie with most of his scenes in interiors with no diffusion. Rumor has that among the scenes shot by Unsworth before his death were: - 1) The foggy day-to-night seduction in the woods - 2) The tent and the strawberries when Tess is in the D'Uberville mansion. - 3) The large barn of cows being milked. - 4) The girls seeing Angel at sunrise. - 5) Angel carries the girls over the stream. See more »

Goofs

Crew or equipment visible: At the beginning of the final sequence, set at Stonehenge, someone's head can be seen at bottom-left. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
John Durbeyfield: Good night, t'ee.
Parson Tringham: Good night, Sir John.
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Connections

Referenced in "At the Movies: Better Off Dead/The Journey of Natty Gann/Commando" (1985) See more »