The Contract by Krzysztof Zanussi
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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.
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Cast
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 Głąbczyńska 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)
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