The Contract (1982)
Kontrakt
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.
- Date of release
- 1982-03-03
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Krzysztof Zanussi
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Kontrakt is a Polish drama telefilm written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. Starring Leslie Caron, Maja Komorowska and Tadeusz Łomnicki, the film was released in 1980.
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