Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 172 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
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.
- rape
- based on novel or book
- peasant
- marriage
- love
- revenge
- murder
- mansion
- family
- farmer
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Nastassja Kinski
Tess Durbeyfield
Peter Firth
Angel Clare
Leigh Lawson
Alec d'Urberville
John Collin
John Durbeyfield
- Rosemary Martin — Mrs. Durbeyfield
- Carolyn Pickles — Marian
- Richard Pearson — Vicar of Marlott
- David Markham — Reverend Mr. Clare
- Pascale de Boysson — Mrs. Clare
- Suzanna Hamilton — Izz Huett
- Caroline Embling — Retty
- Tony Church — Parson Tringham
- Lesley Dunlop — Girl in Henhouse
- Sylvia Coleridge — Mrs. d'Urberville
- Fred Bryant — Dairyman Crick
- Directed
- Roman Polanski
- Written
- Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 384 ratings
- Studio
- Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
