Małanicz Family Archive

collection Małanicz Family Archive
authors Eugeniusz Małanicz; Ludwika Małanicz
starring Eugeniusz Małanicz; Ludwika Małanicz
length 0:04:49
country Poland
locations Warsaw, Poland 
year 1960–1970; 1970–1980
format 8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0039 087
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 or 70s. 

Part 1 

An account of a trip organized by the daycare house for pensioners in Saska Kępa in Warsaw. Ludwika, Eugeniusz and other participants of the trip get off the bus and listen to the guide, who talks about the monument. Eugeniusz, with a camera hanging on his neck, smiles at his wife, who films him. 

Part 2 

The Małanicz family host a friend on the balcony of their apartment at Obrońców Street in Warsaw’s Saska Kępa. 

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keywords trip  monument  coach  camera  balcony  free time  family life 
source of funding Polish Film Institute