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The Contract( 1980)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Maja Komorowska

      Dorota, żona Adama

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      Tadeusz Łomnicki

      Adam Ostoja-Okędzki, ojciec Piotra

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      Magdalena Jarosz

      Lilka Bartoszuk, żona Piotra

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      Krzysztof Kolberger

      Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki

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      Nina Andrycz

      Olga Aleksandrowa, kierowniczka baletu opery

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      Zofia Mrozowska

      Maria, była żona Adama, matka Piotra

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      Beata Tyszkiewicz

      Nina, siostra Doroty

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      Janusz Gajos

      Bolesław Bartoszuk, ojciec Lilki

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      Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

      dziennikarz Zygmunt, przyjaciel Piotra

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      Ignacy Machowski

      przyjaciel Adama

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      Christine Paul-Podlasky

      Patrycja, córka Penelopy

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      Peter Bonke

      Sven, partner Niny

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      Leslie Caron

      Penelopa Wilson, bratowa Adama, matka Patrycji

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      Irena Byrska

      niania w domu Adama

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      Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz

      Weronika, służąca w domu Adama

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      Maciej Robakiewicz

      chłopak Patrycji

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      Jerzy Święch

      ksiądz

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      Bożena Dykiel

      Ewa

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      Liliana Głąbczyńska

      baletnica

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      Laura Łącz

      baletnica

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      Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska

      śpiewająca "Ave Maria" na ślubie Lilki i Piotra

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      Jan Jurewicz

      Zenek, kierowca Bolesława

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      Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

      tancerz Arnold

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      Maciej Dzienisiewicz

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      Zbigniew Grusznic

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      Andrzej Pieczyński

      tancerz

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      Agata Rzeszewska

      baletnica

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      Zbigniew Skowroński

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      Andrzej Szenajch

      pan Andrzej, organizator kuligu

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      Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska

      gość

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      Edward Wichura

      kucharz

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      Wiktor Zborowski

      gość

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      Emilia Ziółkowska

      staruszka karmiąca zwierzęta

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      Czesław Mroczek

      kościelny; nie występuje w napisach

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      Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

      mężczyzna przy telefonie w "Victorii"; nie występuje w napisach

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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