Wysokińscy Family Archive

collection Wysokińscy Family Archive
authors Andrzej Wysokiński
starring Elżbieta Wysokińska; Marek Wysokiński
length 00:09:22
country Poland
year 1967
format 8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0027 022
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 made around 1967.
Part 1
Shots of an ice show; there can be seen dancers in choreographed routines, a couple performing skating acrobatics and a rapier fight scene.
Part 2
Andrzej’s then-wife, Elżbieta, spends time with her two or three-year-old son Marek at the pond in the park. The boy is playing and trying to climb on his mother, who is sitting on the grass.
Part 3
Andrzej’s father, Kazimierz, takes turns with an older woman and a man to carry the child in their arms and pose with him to the camera. The women walk with the child in the courtyard between blocks of flats.

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keywords revue  show  dance  figure skating  choreography  dance couples  acrobatics  ice  pond  park  grass  child  walk  blocks  posing  family  family life  childhood  free time 
source of funding Polish Film Institute