The Contract

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Maja Komorowska

Dorota, żona Adama

Age : 86 | Popularity : 12%

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Adam Ostoja-Okędzki, ojciec Piotra

Age : 64 | Popularity : 25%

Magdalena Jarosz

Lilka Bartoszuk, żona Piotra

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Krzysztof Kolberger

Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Nina Andrycz

Olga Aleksandrowa, kierowniczka baletu opery

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Zofia Mrozowska

Maria, była żona Adama, matka Piotra

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Nina, siostra Doroty

Age : N/A | Popularity : 31%

Janusz Gajos

Bolesław Bartoszuk, ojciec Lilki

Age : 85 | Popularity : 20%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Krzysztof Zanussi
Art	Art Direction	Tadeusz Wybult
Writing	Writer	Krzysztof Zanussi
Sound	Music	Wojciech Kilar
	Sound Designer	Wiesława Dembińska
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Anna B. Sheppard Nina Ricci
	Makeup Artist	Halina Sieńska Krystyna Chmielewska
Editing	Editor	Urszula Śliwińska
Camera	Director of Photography	Slawomir Idziak
Department	Role	Name

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