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.
Dorota
Adam Ostoja-Okędzki
Lilka Bartoszuk
Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki
Olga Aleksandrowa
Maria
Nina
Bolesław Bartoszuk
Journalist Zygmunt
Adam's Friend
Patrycja
Sven
Penelopa Wilson
Babysitter
Weronika
Patrycja's Boyfriend
Priest
Ewa
baletnica
baletnica
śpiewająca "Ave Maria" na ślubie Lilki i Piotra
Zenek
Dancer Arnold
Unknown Role
Unknown Role
Dancer
baletnica
Unknown Role
Mr. Andrzej
Guest
Cook
gość
staruszka karmiąca zwierzęta
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
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