The Contract
1980-11-17 | 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, żona Adama
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Tadeusz ŁomnickiAdam Ostoja-Okędzki, ojciec Piotra
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Magdalena JaroszLilka Bartoszuk, żona Piotra
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Krzysztof KolbergerPiotr Ostoja-Okędzki
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Nina AndryczOlga Aleksandrowa, kierowniczka baletu opery
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Zofia MrozowskaMaria, była żona Adama, matka Piotra
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Beata TyszkiewiczNina, siostra Doroty
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Janusz GajosBolesław Bartoszuk, ojciec Lilki
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Edward Linde-Lubaszenkodziennikarz Zygmunt, przyjaciel Piotra
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Ignacy Machowskiprzyjaciel Adama
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Christine Paul-PodlaskyPatrycja, córka Penelopy
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Peter BonkeSven, partner Niny
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Leslie CaronPenelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji
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Irena Byrskaniania w domu Adama
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Jolanta Kozak-SutowiczWeronika, służąca w domu Adama
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Maciej Robakiewiczchłopak Patrycji
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Jerzy Święchksiądz
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Bożena DykielEwa
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Liliana Głąbczyńskabaletnica
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Laura Łączbaletnica
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