About
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.
Theatrical
Mar 3, 1982
Director
Music
Studio
Zespół Filmowy "Tor"
Original Title
Kontrakt
Original Language
Polish
Cast
Full credits →M
Maja Komorowska
Dorota
T
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Adam Ostoja-Okędzki
M
Magdalena Jarosz
Lilka Bartoszuk
K
Krzysztof Kolberger
Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki
N
Nina Andrycz
Olga Aleksandrowa
Z
Zofia Mrozowska
Maria
B
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Nina
J
Janusz Gajos
Bolesław Bartoszuk
E
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Journalist Zygmunt
I
Ignacy Machowski
Adam's Friend
C
Christine Paul-Podlasky
Patrycja
P
Peter Bonke
Sven
L
Leslie Caron
Penelopa Wilson
I
Irena Byrska
Babysitter
J
Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
Weronika
M
Maciej Robakiewicz
Patrycja's Boyfriend
J
Jerzy Święch
Priest
B
Bożena Dykiel
Ewa
L
Liliana Komorowska
baletnica
L
Laura Łącz
baletnica
