TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield (Arterton) is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, she falls into the clutches of the manipulative and fraudulent D'Urbervilles son, Alec (Matheson). A very different man, Angel Clare (Redmayne), seems to offer Tess love and salvation, but she must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent. A thrilling story of seduction, love and betrayal unfolds. Unstintingly gorgeous and romantic, this new adaptation is an intense, moving and provocative depiction of Hardy's tragically beautiful story.
• Cast: 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, Joel Rowbottom, Christine Bottomley, Emma Stansfield, Emily Beecham, Trevor Cooper, Sally Bankes, Anna Massey, Laura Elphinstone, Sarah Badel, Sara Lloyd-Gregory, Merelina Kendall, Sarah Counsell, Steven Elliot, Ewan Watson, Julie Barclay, Iwan Jones, Brian Knight, Arwel Gruffydd, Stuart Powell, Laurence Richardson, Ellie Darcey-Alden, Stephen Foster-hunt, Helen Holman, David Blair, Thomas Hardy, David Nicholls
• Director: David Blair
• Runtime: 3:32
• Media Format: Series