Directed by: Roman Polanski
Year: 1979
Time: 172 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 697
Release Date: December 30 2014
MSRP:
$29.95
DVD
2 Discs | DVD-9
2.35:1 ratio
(Anamorphic)
English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: English
Region 1
Once Upon a Time . . . “Tess,” a 2006 documentary about the film
Three programs on the making of the film—From Novel to Screen, Filming “Tess,” and “Tess”: The Experience—featuring interviews with Roman Polanski, actors Nastassja Kinski and Leigh Lawson, producer Claude Berri, costume designer Anthony Powell, composer Philippe Sarde, and others
Interview with Roman Polanski from a 1979 episode of The South Bank Show
Forty-five-minute documentary shot on location for French television during the making of the film
Trailer
An essay by critic Colin MacCabe