The Contract

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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.

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Creators

Krzysztof Zanussi

director

Krzysztof Zanussi

writer

Cast

Maja Komorowska actor

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Tadeusz Łomnicki actor

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Magdalena Jarosz actor Krzysztof Kolberger actor

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Nina Andrycz actor

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Zofia Mrozowska actor Beata Tyszkiewicz actor Janusz Gajos actor Edward Linde-Lubaszenko actor Ignacy Machowski actor

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Christine Paul-Podlasky actor

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Peter Bonke actor Leslie Caron actor

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Irena Byrska actor

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Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz actor

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Maciej Robakiewicz actor

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Jerzy Święch actor Bożena Dykiel actor Liliana Komorowska actor

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Laura Łącz actor