Małanicz Family Archive

collection Małanicz Family Archive
authors Eugeniusz Małanicz
starring Eugeniusz Małanicz; Ludwika Małanicz; Ewa Surowiec
length 0:13:06
country Poland
locations Gdańsk, Poland  Giby, Poland  Pomorze Lake, Poland  Warsaw, Poland 
year 1960–1970
format 8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0039 084
description

Eugeniusz Małanicz was born in 1904 in Zelczyn. He was an electrical engineer by education, and a passionate moviegoer and collector of films and film cameras. In 1925, he founded a travelling cinema “Oaza”, touring the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Although the business went bankrupt after a year, the passion for cinematography remained with Eugeniusz until his death. In December 1939, he moved with his family to Warsaw and settled in Saska Kępa. An important place in his life was Giby – a village in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, to which he traveled from the 40s. There he rested, kayaked and took pictures. Eugeniusz died in Giby in 1982, and the hood of his beloved car (Hansa) rested on his tombstone.

The film was made in the 60s. 

Part 1 

Ludwika, Eugeniusz’s wife, together with her friends, sits in front of her summer house in Giby. 

Part 2

A religious ceremony probably taking place in Niepokalanów. 

Part 3

An account of a trip to Gdańsk organized by the daycare house for pensioners. Participants of the trip walk around the city and see the Monument to the Defenders of the Coast on Westerplatte. 

Part 4

Eugeniusz talks to his friends on the balcony of his apartment at Obrońców Street in Warsaw’s Saska Kępa. Two men talk on Francuska Street. 

Part 5

The Małanicz family spend time in their summer house in Giby. Ludwika and Ewa Surowiec look after Ewa’s little son in pram, and Eugeniusz supervises the extension of the house (construction of the shelter). Family members sail a boat on Lake Pomorze and watch the swans on the shore. 

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keywords summer house  lake  boat  swans  pram  child  childhood  trip  sightseeing  monuments  Monument to the Defenders of the Coast  Westerplatte  balcony  street  family  family life  leisure  summer  holidays 
source of funding Polish Film Institute