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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Cast
35 people
Maja Komorowska
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Krzysztof Zanussi Director · Wojciech Kilar Composer Sławomir Idziak Cinematographer
United States release March 3, 1982 · Produced in Poland · Production P.P. Film Polski, Polish Corporation for Film Production
Production
Zespół Filmowy "Tor"
Production
P.P. Film Polski
Production
Polish Corporation for Film Production
Production
PRF "Zespol Filmowy"
Production
Poland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Kontrakt
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · November 17, 1980
TV
United States · March 3, 1982
Theatrical
Hungary
August 30, 1984 · Theatrical
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