The Contract

The Contract (1982)

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.

Director: Krzysztof Zanussi

Casts

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

Crew