Tess

English farmer's daughter Nastassia Kinski (title character) learns from her mother (Rosemary Martin) that the family is descended from nobility, her inebriate father (John Collin) making plans, Roman Polanski directing from the Thomas Hardy novel, in Tess (a.k.a. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles), 1980.

After graphic credits for the actors, director Roman Polanski obscures a spectacular opening shot behind further credits, with a glimpse of the title character Nastassia Kinski, and the dedication to the director's late wife Sharon Tate, in Tess (a.k.a. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles), 1980.

Nastassia Kinski (title character), her history as an unwed mother not known to her new employers, dines with the family of dairy farmer Crick (Fred Bryant), the farmer in-training Angel (Peter Firth) taking note, in Roman Polanski's Tess (a.k.a. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles), 1980.

Idyllic then provocative scene by director Roman Polanski, Nastassia Kinski (title character) is a peasant farm girl sent to tell monied relatives that they're descended from the same line, meeting "cousin" Alec (Leigh Lawson), in Tess (a.k.a. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles), 1980, from the Thomas Hardy novel.