The Contract
Kontrakt
Release: 1982-03-03
·Runtime: 114m
·★ 5.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy "Tor"
Cast
Irena Byrska
as Babysitter
Liliana Komorowska
as baletnica
Agata Rzeszewska
as baletnica
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
as Journalist Zygmunt
Christine Paul-Podlasky
as Patrycja
Jerzy Święch
as Priest
Wiktor Zborowski
as gość
Maja Komorowska
as Dorota
Tadeusz Łomnicki
as Adam Ostoja-Okędzki
Magdalena Jarosz
as Lilka Bartoszuk
Janusz Gajos
as Bolesław Bartoszuk
Edward Wichura
as Cook
Ignacy Machowski
as Adam's Friend
Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
as Weronika
Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska
as śpiewająca "Ave Maria" na ślubie Lilki i Piotra
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
as Dancer Arnold
Andrzej Szenajch
as Mr. Andrzej
Nina Andrycz
as Olga Aleksandrowa
Bożena Dykiel
as Ewa
Maciej Robakiewicz
as Patrycja's Boyfriend
Andrzej Pieczyński
as Dancer
Zbigniew Skowroński
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
as (uncredited)
Peter Bonke
as Sven
Laura Łącz
as baletnica
Zbigniew Grusznic
Emilia Ziółkowska
as staruszka karmiąca zwierzęta
Czesław Mroczek
as (uncredited)
Zofia Mrozowska
as Maria
Beata Tyszkiewicz
as Nina
Leslie Caron
as Penelopa Wilson
Jan Jurewicz
as Zenek
Maciej Dzienisiewicz
Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska
as Guest
Krzysztof Kolberger
as Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki
