Kontrakt
5
114 minutes
3/3/1982
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.
Cast List
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 Komorowska
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
Zbigniew Grusznic
Andrzej Pieczyński
as Dancer
Agata Rzeszewska
as baletnica
Zbigniew Skowroński
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)