Wysokińscy Family Archive

collection Wysokińscy Family Archive
authors Andrzej Wysokiński
length 0:07:07
country Poland
locations Zakopane, Poland 
format 8 mm
color black and white; color
signature PAFD 0027 077
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 shot in Zakopane in early spring. Skiers practice slalom, skiing between wooden poles on a slope in Zakopane. Shots of an old cable car to Kasprowy Wierch. A group of friends sunbathes on sun loungers on Gubałówka. Skiers enter Hala Goryczkowa by a one-person chairlift. A shot of a helicopter, flying over the slope. 

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keywords mountains  ski slope  cable car  chairlift  skiers  skis  sun loungers  sunbathing  sun  snow  spring  slalom  helicopter 
source of funding Polish Film Institute