Wysokińscy Family Archive

collection Wysokińscy Family Archive
authors Andrzej Wysokiński
starring Jadwiga Gołda
length 0:13:25
country Austria; Polska
locations Szczyrk, Poland 
year 1980–1990
format 8 mm
color color
signature PAFD 0027 034
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.

The film was probably made in Szczyrk and during a trip to Austria. Jadwiga, Andrzej’s partner, practises slalom runs on the slope. Shots of a full car park and various women in a restaurant by the slope. Panorama of mountain peaks. Again, shots of women – the author’s attention is focused on the waitresses with their trays, as well as the restaurant’s customers and the inhabitants of the Alpine town. Shots of parked motorbike and cars. Dressed in ski outfits, Jadwiga and her friend are walking along the road and talking. Shots of the chairlift to the groomer and skiers on the slope. A woman and a man are talking by a standing motorbike.

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keywords slope  ski  skiing  slalom  ski suit  snow  chairlift  gondola  groomer  animal  cow  car park  car  motorbike  restaurant  camera  sport  free time 
source of funding Polish Film Institute