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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.
Original language:
Polish (PL)Status: Released
Release date US: 03/03/1982 (World premiere: 11/17/1980)
Cast:
Beata Tyszkiewicz,
Janusz Gajos,
Krzysztof Kolberger,
Leslie Caron,
Maja Komorowska,
Nina Andrycz,
Tadeusz Łomnicki,
Magdalena Jarosz,
Zofia Mrozowska,
Christine Paul-Podlasky,
Peter Bonke,
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko,
Ignacy Machowski,
Bożena Dykiel,
Irena Byrska,
Laura Łącz,
Liliana Komorowska,
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew,
Andrzej Pieczyński,
Jan Jurewicz,
Andrzej Szenajch,
Wiktor Zborowski,
Jadwiga Walewska
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"El contrato"
"Contrato de matrimonio"
"Szerzödés"
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