Film

The Contract

1982 · 1h 54m · Drama

IMDb

6.8

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.

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

• Krzysztof ZanussiDirector · Writer
• Sławomir IdziakDirector of Photography
• Wojciech KilarOriginal Music Composer
• Urszula ŚliwińskaEditor

Release date

March 3, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

Polish

Runtime

1h 54m

Genres

Drama