Wysokińscy Family Archive

collection Wysokińscy Family Archive
authors Andrzej Wysokiński
starring Andrzej Wysokiński; Marek Wysokiński
length 0:20:35
country Austria; Netherlands; Poland
year 1970–1980; 1980–1990
format S8 mm
color color
signature PAFD 0027 039
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.

Part 1 

The film was made in the second half of the 1970s during a trip to Holland and Denmark (or Sweden). Andrzej and teenage Marek ride a motorcycle on a small street. A mosaic of genre scenes from the trip – shots of highway driving towards Amsterdam and Utrecht, as well as everyday life of the townspeople.

Part 2

An account of a trip to a glacier in Austria. Marek gets out of Andrew’s beloved car – a red Fiat Barlinetta. Shots from the trip on passing Alpine landscapes, cars, storefronts, monuments or passers-by. Marek jumps into a swimming pool.

Part 3

Filmed in the early 1980s, Marek mounts atomic arc skis on the roof of the barlinetta. The boy walks uphill with his skis under his arm, drives his car through a large puddle several times, then rides a gondola and on a one-person chairlift. 

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keywords car  motorcycle  ski  skiing  travel  store  lift  mountains  snow  pool 
source of funding Polish Film Institute