Thomas Hardy Filmography

Born:: June 2, 1840 in Upper Bockhampton, Dorset, England, UK
Occupation:: Book Author

Sort By:
Title
Release Date

Under the Greenwood Tree

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Keeley Hawes, Steve Pemberton, Ben Miles, James Murray, Tony Haygarth, Tom Georgeson

Synopsis: A handsome working man living in a small village in the south of England finds his romantic overtures to a beautiful, newly arrived schoolteacher challenged by a barrage of wealthy suitors in this tale of rural romance that launched the career of writer Thomas Hardy. Fancy Day is a woman of Read More

2005
The Mayor of Casterbridge

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Ciarán Hinds, James Purefoy, Jodhi May, Juliet Aubrey, Polly Walker

Synopsis: Produced for the BBC in 2001, The Mayor of Casterbridge is the second British miniseries version of Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel (the first was filmed in 1978). This time, Ciarán Hinds stars as Michael Henchard, an unemployed drunkard who, in a moment of greedy delirium, sells his wife, Susan (Juliet Aubrey Read More

2001
The Claim

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley

Synopsis: One man's small empire threatens to collapse under the weight of his greed and deceit in this drama that transplants the story of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge to 19th century America. In 1867, Dillon (Peter Mullan) is an Irish immigrant who settled in California during the Gold Rush of Read More

12/29/00
The Scarlet Tunic

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Jean-Marc Barr, Emma Fielding, Simon Callow, Jack Shepherd, John Sessions

Synopsis: Born in Dorsetshire, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) fictionalized the region as Wessex in his short stories and novels. In 1973, stories from Thomas Hardy's collection Wessex Tales (1888) were adapted to television for a BBC-2 series (also titled Wessex Tales) that included a memorable contribution ("A Read More

1998
Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: Thomas Hardy's classic 19th century novel Tess of the d'Ubervilles was expansively adapted to television in this two-part British miniseries. Justine Waddell stars as Tess D'Urbeyfield, the poor relation to the prosperous D'Ubervilles, a rural family. Sent to work on the farm of her distant Read More

1998
Far From the Madding Crowd

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Paloma Baeza, Nathaniel Parker, Nigel Terry, Jonathan Firth

Synopsis: Produced for Granada Television and first shown in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theatre, Far From the Madding Crowd is based on author Thomas Hardy's novel of the same name. Dorset, England is the setting for what becomes a passionate love quadrangle centred around the beautiful but tempermental Read More

1998
The Woodlanders

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Emily Woof, Rufus Sewell, Cal Macaninch, Anthony Haygarth, Jodhi May

Synopsis: British documentary filmmaker Phil Agland turned to drama with this re-creation of Thomas Hardy's rural Wessex of the late 19th century, adapted from Hardy's 1887 novel. In the woodland Wessex community of Little Hintock, laconic woodsman Giles Winterbourne (Rufus Sewell) lives in a cottage Read More

1997
Jude

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, June Whitfield, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths

Synopsis: In 19th century Britain, a unconventional young man struggles against the limitations of a rigid, restrictive society. Based on Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, this somber period drama stars a suitably intense Christopher Eccleston as Jude, a young man with dreams of receiving a scholarly Read More

1996
The Return of the Native

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Clive Owen

Synopsis: Unlike the barren and forbidding moors elsewhere in England, Return of the Native's Egdon Heath attires itself in vibrant wildflowers, mossy hillsides, winding streams, arching footbridges, and undulant meadows. An enchantress would be at home in this place, but not Eustacia Vye, portrayed by Read More

1994
Day After the Fair

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Sammi Davis, Hannah Gordon

Synopsis: Day After the Fair is a two-part TV adaptation of Thomas Hardy's On the Western Circuit. The unhappy wife (Hannah Gordon) of a brewery owner takes pity on a lonely, pregnant serving girl (Sammi Davis). The illiterate servant prevails upon her protector to write a letter to the London man (Martyn Read More

1987
Tess

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Leigh Lawson, Peter Firth, John Collin, David Markham

Synopsis: In Roman Polanski's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Nastassja Kinski plays Tess, a poor British peasant girl sent to live with her distant and wealthy relatives, the D'Urbervilles. Though Tess' father had hoped that the girl would be permitted a portion of the D'Urberville Read More

1979
The Mayor of Casterbridge

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: Originally telecast by the BBC from January 22 to March 5, 1978, The Mayor of Casterbridge was a seven-part adaptation of the novel by Thomas Hardy. Alan Bates played the title character, Michael Henchard, the wealthy and popular mayor of the Wessex community of Casterbridge. Things had not always Read More

1978
Wessex Tales [TV Series]

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: This six-part British anthology offered new adaptations of the works of Thomas Hardy. The initial 75-minute telecast, on November 7, 1973, was Hardy's "The Withered Arm." Subsequent episodes included "Fellow Townsman," "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions," (with John Hurt), "An Imaginative Woman," "The Read More

1973
Jude the Obscure

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: This six-episode British TV adaptation of the classic Thomas Hardy novel finds Robert Powell as the title character, whose aspirations toward the priesthood are undone by his love for the licentious Sue Bridehead (Fiona Walker). ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide Read More

1971
Far From the Madding Crowd

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Prunella Ransome

Synopsis: This 1967 version of Thomas Hardy's novel should have done better at the box office than it did, given the star power of Julie Christie and the visual and aural fidelity to its source material. Julie Christie plays Bathsheba Everdene, a country heiress who is loved by three different men: Terence Stamp Read More

1967
The Secret Cave

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: In this youth-oriented adventure, two devoted boys risk their lives to divert a stream onto their mother's parched property in hopes of saving her from eviction. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong and they end up trapped in a cavern. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1953
Under the Greenwood Tree

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Marguerite Allan, John Batten, Nigel Barrie

Synopsis: In this drama set in the English countryside, a town squire causes quite a ruckus when he decides to buck tradition and replace the ancient church organ so he can cozy up to the lovely young newcomer (who just happens to play the organ) in town. As soon as the woman figures out his plan, she Read More

1929
Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Blanche Sweet, Stuart Holmes, Conrad Nagel, Joseph J. Dowling

Synopsis: Marshall Neilan may not have been the best director for this Thomas Hardy tragedy; he was better with subject matter that wasn't quite so heavy. But he and his then-wife Blanche Sweet still made a good and financially successful film. Tess (Sweet) comes from a poor family. When her father, the Read More

1924
Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Minnie Maddern Fiske

1913