Tess of the d'Urbervilles miniseries
- Original title
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Year
- 2008
- Running time
- 240 min.
- Country
United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- David Nicholls. Novel: Thomas Hardy
- Cast
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- Gemma Arterton
- Eddie Redmayne
- Ruth Jones
- Hans Matheson
- Ian Puleston-Davies
- Christopher Fairbank
- Jo Woodcock
- Steven Robertson
- Hugh Skinner
- Jodie Whittaker
- Kenneth Cranham
- Donald Sumpter
- Rebekah Staton
- Jessica Turner
- Jeany Spark
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-United States;
- Genre
- TV Series. Drama | TV Miniseries. 19th Century
- Movie Groups
- Thomas Hardy Adaptations
- Synopsis
- TV Miniseries (2008). 4 Episodes. In the late 19th century, Tess Durbeyfield is sent off to visit a rich cousin, Alec D'Urberville, when her parents learn learn that they are distantly related. Tess takes a disliking to the man and his attempts at seduction are rebuffed. Returning from a village party he forces himself on the innocent girl who eventually makes her way back to her parents' home. Ashamed and pregnant she seems destined to forever being marked a certain kind of woman. After the death of her child, she makes her way to a prosperous farm where, working as a milkmaid, she meets and eventually marries the handsome Angel Clare. On learning of her past however, he abandons her and with little choice and facing a life of extreme hardship, again falls into Alec's clutches and becomes a kept woman.
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