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The Contract

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.

1982 |1h 54m |  Drama

Cast

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Maja Komorowska

Dorota

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Tadeusz Łomnicki

Adam Ostoja-Okędzki

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Magdalena Jarosz

Lilka Bartoszuk

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Krzysztof Kolberger

Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki

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Nina Andrycz

Olga Aleksandrowa

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Zofia Mrozowska

Maria

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Beata Tyszkiewicz

Nina

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Janusz Gajos

Bolesław Bartoszuk

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Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

Journalist Zygmunt

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Ignacy Machowski

Adam's Friend

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Christine Paul-Podlasky

Patrycja

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Peter Bonke

Sven

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Leslie Caron

Penelopa Wilson

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Irena Byrska

Babysitter

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Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz

Weronika

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Maciej Robakiewicz

Patrycja's Boyfriend

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Jerzy Święch

Priest

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Bożena Dykiel

Ewa

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Liliana Głąbczyńska

baletnica

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Laura Łącz

baletnica

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Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska

śpiewająca "Ave Maria" na ślubie Lilki i Piotra

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Jan Jurewicz

Zenek

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Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Dancer Arnold

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Maciej Dzienisiewicz

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Zbigniew Grusznic

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Andrzej Pieczyński

Dancer

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Agata Rzeszewska

baletnica

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Zbigniew Skowroński

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Andrzej Szenajch

Mr. Andrzej

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Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska

Guest

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Edward Wichura

Cook

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Wiktor Zborowski

gość

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Emilia Ziółkowska

staruszka karmiąca zwierzęta

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Czesław Mroczek

(uncredited)

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Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

(uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Polish

Budget

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