The Contract (1982)

Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the bride balks. Only slightly nonplused, the groom's father, a status-seeking doctor, decides to go ahead with the expensive reception anyway. Polish director Krzysz Zanussi uses this scenario to stick it to capitalist corruption, and to society's destruction of the individual spirit. Leslie Caron, the one recognizable member of the cast, is outstanding as a wealthy, over-the-hill ballerina who happens to be a kleptomaniac.

Cast (35)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Maja Komorowska

Dorota

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Adam Ostoja-Okędzki

Magdalena Jarosz

Lilka Bartoszuk

Krzysztof Kolberger

Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki

Nina Andrycz

Olga Aleksandrowa

Zofia Mrozowska

Maria

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Nina

Janusz Gajos

Bolesław Bartoszuk

Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

Journalist Zygmunt

Ignacy Machowski

Adam's Friend

Christine Paul-Podlasky

Patrycja

Peter Bonke

Sven

Leslie Caron

Penelopa Wilson

Irena Byrska

Babysitter

Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz

Weronika

Maciej Robakiewicz

Patrycja's Boyfriend

Jerzy Święch

Priest

Bożena Dykiel

Ewa

Liliana Komorowska

baletnica

Laura Łącz

baletnica

Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska

śpiewająca "Ave Maria" na ślubie Lilki i Piotra

Jan Jurewicz

Zenek

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Dancer Arnold

Maciej Dzienisiewicz

Zbigniew Grusznic

Andrzej Pieczyński

Dancer

Agata Rzeszewska

baletnica

Zbigniew Skowroński

Andrzej Szenajch

Mr. Andrzej

Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska

Guest

Edward Wichura

Cook

Wiktor Zborowski

gość

Emilia Ziółkowska

staruszka karmiąca zwierzęta

Czesław Mroczek

(uncredited)

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

(uncredited)

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