Nastassja Kinski as Tess Durbeyfield

Peter Firth as Angel Clare

Leigh Lawson as Alec d'Urberville

John Collin as John Durbeyfield

Rosemary Martin as Mrs. Durbeyfield

Carolyn Pickles as Marian

Richard Pearson as Vicar of Marlott

David Markham as Reverend Mr. Clare

Pascale de Boysson as Mrs. Clare

Suzanna Hamilton as Izz Huett

Caroline Embling as Retty

Tony Church as Parson Tringham

Lesley Dunlop as Girl in Henhouse

Sylvia Coleridge as Mrs. d'Urberville

Fred Bryant as Dairyman Crick

Dicken Ashworth 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 as Harvester

Véronique Alain as Harvester

Anne Tirard as Old Dairy Hand

Josine Comellas as Mrs. Crick

Arielle Dombasle 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 as Postman

John Moore as Postman

Graham Weston as Constable

Peter Benson as Religious Fanatic (uncredited)