The Contract
Kontrakt
Rating: 5 · 1982 · Drama · Poland · 1 ч 54 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Original title
- Kontrakt
- Year
- 1982
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- Poland
- Runtime
- 1 ч 54 мин
- TMDB
- 5
- IMDb
- 5
Director
Cast
- 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
- Jerzy Święch — Priest
- Bożena Dykiel — Ewa
- Liliana Komorowska — baletnica
- Laura Łącz — baletnica