The Contract
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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.
Release Date : 1982-03-03
Language :Polish
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : Studio Filmowe Tor
Production Country : Poland
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Dorota, żona Adama
Original Name : Maja Komorowska
Gender : Female
Character Name : Adam Ostoja-Okędzki, ojciec Piotra
Original Name : Tadeusz Łomnicki
Gender : Male
Character Name : Lilka Bartoszuk, żona Piotra
Original Name : Magdalena Jarosz
Gender : Female
Character Name : Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki
Original Name : Krzysztof Kolberger
Gender : Male
Character Name : Olga Aleksandrowa, kierowniczka baletu opery
Original Name : Nina Andrycz
Gender : Female
Character Name : Maria, była żona Adama, matka Piotra
Original Name : Zofia Mrozowska
Gender : Female
Character Name : Nina, siostra Doroty
Original Name : Beata Tyszkiewicz
Gender : Female
Character Name : Bolesław Bartoszuk, ojciec Lilki
Original Name : Janusz Gajos
Gender : Male
Character Name : dziennikarz Zygmunt, przyjaciel Piotra
Original Name : Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Gender : Male
Character Name : przyjaciel Adama
Original Name : Ignacy Machowski
Gender : Male
Character Name : Patrycja, córka Penelopy
Original Name : Christine Paul-Podlasky
Gender : Female
Character Name : Sven, partner Niny
Original Name : Peter Bonke
Gender : Male
Character Name : Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji
Original Name : Leslie Caron
Gender : Female
Character Name : niania w domu Adama
Original Name : Irena Byrska
Gender : Female
Character Name : Weronika, służąca w domu Adama
Original Name : Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
Gender : Male
Character Name : chłopak Patrycji
Original Name : Maciej Robakiewicz
Gender : Male
Character Name : ksiądz
Original Name : Jerzy Święch
Gender : Male
Character Name : Ewa
Original Name : Bożena Dykiel
Gender : Female
Character Name : baletnica
Original Name : Liliana Głąbczyńska
Gender : Female
Character Name : baletnica
Original Name : Laura Łącz
Gender : Female
Character Name : śpiewająca "Ave Maria" na ślubie Lilki i Piotra
Original Name : Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska
Gender : Female
Character Name : Zenek, kierowca Bolesława
Original Name : Jan Jurewicz
Gender : Male
Character Name : tancerz Arnold
Original Name : Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Maciej Dzienisiewicz
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Zbigniew Grusznic
Gender : Male
Character Name : tancerz
Original Name : Andrzej Pieczyński
Gender : Male
Character Name : baletnica
Original Name : Agata Rzeszewska
Gender : Female
Character Name :
Original Name : Zbigniew Skowroński
Gender : Male
Character Name : pan Andrzej, organizator kuligu
Original Name : Andrzej Szenajch
Gender : Male
Character Name : gość
Original Name : Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska
Gender : Female
Character Name : kucharz
Original Name : Edward Wichura
Gender : Male
Character Name : gość
Original Name : Wiktor Zborowski
Gender : Male
Character Name : staruszka karmiąca zwierzęta
Original Name : Emilia Ziółkowska
Gender : Female
Character Name : kościelny; nie występuje w napisach
Original Name : Czesław Mroczek
Gender : Male
Character Name : mężczyzna przy telefonie w "Victorii"; nie występuje w napisach
Original Name : Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Gender : Male
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