--- title: "Tess: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/tess/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/tess" cast: 40 crew: 68 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Tess (1979): cast and crew 40 cast and 68 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Nastassja Kinski](https://film.one/person/nastassja-kinski.md) as Tess Durbeyfield - [Peter Firth](https://film.one/person/peter-firth.md) as Angel Clare - [Leigh Lawson](https://film.one/person/leigh-lawson.md) as Alec d'Urberville - [John Collin](https://film.one/person/john-collin.md) as John Durbeyfield - [Rosemary Martin](https://film.one/person/rosemary-martin.md) as Mrs. Durbeyfield - [Carolyn Pickles](https://film.one/person/carolyn-pickles.md) as Marian - [Richard Pearson](https://film.one/person/richard-pearson-121360.md) as Vicar of Marlott - [David Markham](https://film.one/person/david-markham.md) as Reverend Mr. Clare - [Pascale de Boysson](https://film.one/person/pascale-de-boysson.md) as Mrs. Clare - [Suzanna Hamilton](https://film.one/person/suzanna-hamilton.md) as Izz Huett - [Caroline Embling](https://film.one/person/caroline-embling.md) as Retty - [Tony Church](https://film.one/person/tony-church.md) as Parson Tringham - [Lesley Dunlop](https://film.one/person/lesley-dunlop.md) as Girl in Henhouse - Sylvia Coleridge as Mrs. d'Urberville - Fred Bryant as Dairyman Crick - [Dicken Ashworth](https://film.one/person/dicken-ashworth.md) as Farmer Groby - Patsy Rowlands as Landlady - John Barrett as Old Dairy Hand - Patsy Smart as Housekeeper - Brigid Erin Bates as Girl in Meadow - Jeanne Biras as Girl in Meadow - John Bett as Felix Clare - Tom Chadbon as Cuthbert Clare - Maryline Even as Girl in Henhouse - Jean-Jacques Daubin as Bailiff - Jacob Weizbluth as Yokel at barn-dance - [Jacques Mathou](https://film.one/person/jacques-mathou.md) as Harvester - Véronique Alain as Harvester - Anne Tirard as Old Dairy Hand - Josine Comellas as Mrs. Crick - [Arielle Dombasle](https://film.one/person/arielle-dombasle.md) as Mercy Chant - Gordon Richardson as Parson at Wedding - Jimmy Gardner as Pedlar - Reg Dent as Carter - John Gill as Landlord - Forbes Collins as New Tenant - [Keith Buckley](https://film.one/person/keith-buckley.md) as Postman - John Moore as Postman - Graham Weston as Constable - Peter Benson as Religious Fanatic (uncredited) ## Directing - [Roman Polanski](https://film.one/person/roman-polanski.md): Director - Thierry Chabert: First Assistant Director - Hugues de Laugardière: Second Assistant Director - Romain Goupil: Second Assistant Director - Hercules Bellville: Second Unit Director - Sylvette Baudrot: Continuity ## Writing - [Gérard Brach](https://film.one/person/gerard-brach.md): Screenplay - [Roman Polanski](https://film.one/person/roman-polanski.md): Screenplay - [John Brownjohn](https://film.one/person/john-brownjohn.md): Screenplay - Thomas Hardy: Novel ## Production - [Claude Berri](https://film.one/person/claude-berri.md): Producer - Timothy Burrill: Co-Producer - Mary Selway: Casting - Jean-Pierre Rassam: Associate Producer - Pierre Grunstein: Executive Producer - Paul Maigret: Production Manager - [Alain Depardieu](https://film.one/person/alain-depardieu.md): Unit Manager - Jérôme Jeannet: Location Manager - Philippe Desmoulins: Location Manager - Colette Suder: Production Accountant - Jeannie Stone: Production Assistant - Marguerite Théoule: Production Assistant - Andrea Potter: Researcher - Josée Bénabent-Loiseau: Publicist ## Camera - [Geoffrey Unsworth](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-unsworth.md): Director of Photography - [Ghislain Cloquet](https://film.one/person/ghislain-cloquet.md): Director of Photography - Jean Harnois: Camera Operator - François Lauliac: Assistant Camera - Eric Brach: Assistant Camera - André Thiéry: Grip - Bernard Prim: Still Photographer ## Editing - [Alastair McIntyre](https://film.one/person/alastair-mcintyre.md): Editor - [Tom Priestley](https://film.one/person/tom-priestley.md): Editor - Jacqueline Mariani: Assistant Editor - Pierre Louis Lecoeur: Assistant Editor ## Sound and music - [Philippe Sarde](https://film.one/person/philippe-sarde.md): Original Music Composer - Carlo Savina: Conductor - Peter Knight: Orchestrator - Jean-Pierre Ruh: Production Sound Mixer - [Hervé de Luze](https://film.one/person/herve-de-luze.md): Sound Editor - Maurice Gilbert: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Alex Pront: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - David Watts: Dolby Consultant - Louis Gimel: Boom Operator - Jean-Pierre Lelong: Sound Effects Editor - Robert Rietti: ADR Supervisor ## Art - [Pierre Guffroy](https://film.one/person/pierre-guffroy.md): Production Design - Jack Stephens: Art Direction - Albert Rajau: Assistant Art Director - Jean-Claude Bourdin: Assistant Art Director - Michel Damiens: Assistant Art Director - Pierre Lefait: Set Dresser - Jean-Claude Sévenet: Set Dresser - Marcel Laude: Property Master ## Costume and make-up - [Anthony Powell](https://film.one/person/anthony-powell.md): Costume Design - Didier Lavergene: Makeup Artist - Ludovic Paris: Hairdresser - Thérèse Ripaud: Wardrobe Supervisor - [Joanna Johnston](https://film.one/person/joanna-johnston.md): Assistant Costume Designer - Caroline de Vivaise: Wardrobe Designer - Frederic Vieille: Wardrobe Designer - Paul Le Marinel: Assistant Makeup Artist - Alain Bernard: Assistant Hairdresser ## Lighting - Jean-Claude Le Bras: Gaffer ## Crew - Jennifer Patrick: Dialogue Coach - Sue Lefton: Choreographer - François Nadal: Animal Wrangler - Patrick Bordier: Animal Wrangler --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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