The Contract (1982)
1h 54m
Running Time
March 3, 1982Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Maja Komorowska
Dorota

Tadeusz Łomnicki
Adam Ostoja-Okędzki

Magdalena Jarosz
Lilka Bartoszuk

Krzysztof Kolberger
Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki

Nina Andrycz
Olga Aleksandrowa

Zofia Mrozowska
Maria

Beata Tyszkiewicz
Nina

Janusz Gajos
Bolesław Bartoszuk

Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Journalist Zygmunt

Ignacy Machowski
Adam's Friend

Christine Paul-Podlasky
Patrycja

Peter Bonke
Sven

Leslie Caron
Penelopa Wilson

Irena Byrska
Babysitter

Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
Weronika

Maciej Robakiewicz
Patrycja's Boyfriend

Jerzy Święch
Priest

Bożena Dykiel
Ewa

Liliana Głąbczyńska
baletnica

Laura Łącz
baletnica

Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska
śpiewająca 'Ave Maria' na ślubie Lilki i Piotra

Jan Jurewicz
Zenek

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
Dancer Arnold

Andrzej Pieczyński
Dancer

Agata Rzeszewska
baletnica

Andrzej Szenajch
Mr. Andrzej

Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska
Guest

Edward Wichura
Cook

Wiktor Zborowski
gość

Emilia Ziółkowska
staruszka karmiąca zwierzęta

Czesław Mroczek
(uncredited)

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
(uncredited)

Krzysztof Zanussi
Director / Writer

Wojciech Kilar
Music

Urszula Śliwińska
Editor

Tadeusz Wybult
Art Direction

Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Design

Slawomir Idziak
Director of Photography

Wiesława Dembińska
Sound Designer

Nina Ricci
Costume Design

Krystyna Chmielewska
Makeup Artist

Halina Sieńska
Makeup Artist

Maciej Dzienisiewicz

Zbigniew Grusznic

Zbigniew Skowroński
Media.











Details.
Release DateMarch 3, 1982
Original NameKontrakt
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 54m
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Kontrakt (English: The Contract) is a Polish drama telefilm written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. Starring Leslie Caron, Maja Komorowska and Tadeusz Lomnicki, the film was released in 1980.
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