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.
as Dorota
as Adam Ostoja-Okędzki
as Lilka Bartoszuk
as Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki
as Olga Aleksandrowa
as Maria
as Nina
as Bolesław Bartoszuk
as Journalist Zygmunt
as Adam's Friend
as Patrycja
as Sven
as Penelopa Wilson
as Babysitter
as Weronika
as Patrycja's Boyfriend
as Priest
as Ewa
as baletnica
as baletnica
as śpiewająca "Ave Maria" na ślubie Lilki i Piotra
as Zenek
as Dancer Arnold
as Dancer
as baletnica
as Mr. Andrzej
as Guest
as Cook
as gość
as staruszka karmiąca zwierzęta
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
