Released:
1982-03-03

Overview:
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.

Director:
Krzysztof Zanussi

Runtime:
1h 54min

Genre:
Drama

• 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