Wysokińscy Family Archive

collection Wysokińscy Family Archive
authors Andrzej Wysokiński
starring Andrzej Wysokiński, Jolanta Wysokińska
length 26'58
country Poland
locations Radziechowy, Poland  Szczyrk, Poland  Żywieckie Lake, Poland 
year 1991
format S8 mm
color color
signature PAFD 0027 008
description

Andrzej Wysokiński was born on July 11, 1934 in Marki, near Warsaw. After graduating from the Academy of Physical Education, he worked as a fencing and skiing coach, as well as a PE teacher at a school in Radziechowy. Andrzej’s first films were records of everyday life in Łódź with his wife Elżbieta and son Marek. As a sports enthusiast, he also recorded skiing competitions, tennis court games or foreign trips to the mountains. After separating from Elżbieta, he settled in the Beskid region of Radziechowy with his partner Jadwiga and daughter Jolanta. Andrzej recorded family films first with an 8mm tape camera, but in later years, as technology developed, he changed equipment and used VHS and digital cameras.

Film shot in the Beskid village of Radziechowy and Szczyrk around 1991. Andrzej records himself in a mirror and is making faces at the camera. A mosaic of genre scenes documenting the childhood of Jola, daughter of Andrzej and Jadwiga. The girl spends time with her friend Ewelina in the garden, sliding down the slide, skiing with her dad and playing in the pool. The girl is accompanied in her play by a cat running around the yard, and in the background you can also see laundry drying and a Fiat 128 – a barlinetta. Shots of a sailboat sailing on Żywieckie Lake.

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keywords Poland  Radziechowy  Szczyrk  Beskid  Lake Żywieckie  winter  skis  skiing  sailing  sailboat  summer  holiday  lake  swimming  sport  child  childhood  play  car  garden 
source of funding Ministry of Culture and National Heritage