The Contract
1982-03-03 | 114 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Maja KomorowskaDorota
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Tadeusz ŁomnickiAdam Ostoja-Okędzki
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Magdalena JaroszLilka Bartoszuk
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Krzysztof KolbergerPiotr Ostoja-Okędzki
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Nina AndryczOlga Aleksandrowa
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Zofia MrozowskaMaria
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Beata TyszkiewiczNina
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Janusz GajosBolesław Bartoszuk
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Edward Linde-LubaszenkoJournalist Zygmunt
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Ignacy MachowskiAdam's Friend
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Christine Paul-PodlaskyPatrycja
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Peter BonkeSven
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Leslie CaronPenelopa Wilson
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Irena ByrskaBabysitter
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Jolanta Kozak-SutowiczWeronika
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Maciej RobakiewiczPatrycja's Boyfriend
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Jerzy ŚwięchPriest
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Bożena DykielEwa
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Liliana Głąbczyńskabaletnica
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Laura Łączbaletnica
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