<Li> 2000: Assamese filmmaker Bidyut Chakrabarty's film Nishiddha Nadi starring Trisha Saikia, Bina Baruwoti, Dhritiman Phukan and a host of others was based on the novel . The film was produced by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation and was released on 18 February 2000 . Cinematography, Editing and Music Direction were done by National Award Winners, Mrinal Kanti Das, A. Sreekar Prasad and Sher Choudhury respectively . </Li> <Li> 2011: Michael Winterbottom 21st century Indian set film Trishna with Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed . </Li> <Li> 2013: The Maiden 21st century set film starring Brittany Ashworth, Matt Maltby and Jonah Hauer - King, directed by Daisy Bard, written and produced by Jessica Benhamou . </Li> <Li> Television: <Ul> <Li> 1952: BBC TV, directed by Michael Henderson, and starring Barbara Jefford (Tess), Michael Aldridge (Alec), and Donald Eccles (Angel). </Li> <Li> 1960: ITV, ITV Play of the Week, "Tess", directed by Michael Currer - Briggs, and starring Geraldine McEwan (Tess), Maurice Kaufmann (Alec), and Jeremy Brett (Angel). </Li> <Li> 1998: London Weekend Television's three - hour mini-series Tess of the D'Urbervilles, directed by Ian Sharp, and starring Justine Waddell (Tess), Jason Flemyng (Alec), and Oliver Milburn (Angel), the latter himself Dorset - born . </Li> <Li> 2008: A four - hour BBC adaptation, written by David Nicholls, aired in the United Kingdom in September and October 2008 (in four parts), and in the United States on the PBS series Masterpiece Classic in January 2009 (in two parts). The cast included Gemma Arterton (Tess), Hans Matheson (Alec), Eddie Redmayne (Angel), Ruth Jones (Joan), Anna Massey (Mrs d'Urberville), and Kenneth Cranham (Reverend James Clare). </Li> </Ul> </Li>

Theme of the novel tess of the d'urbervilles