Małanicz Family Archive

collection Małanicz Family Archive
authors Lech Surowiec
starring Ewa Surowiec
length 0:11:05
year 1970–1980
format 8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0039 092
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 70s during the winter holidays of Ewa and Leszek Surowiec.

Part 1 

Shots from a chairlift and a walk along a mountain trail. Children go sledding and skiing from a small hill. Ewa throws snowballs at Leszek, who films her, and walks around a square, then sits in a restaurant or a canteen and smokes a cigarette. Two birds jump on one of the tables. 

Part 2 

Passengers get off a plane on a snowy airport apron. 

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keywords winter  holidays  mountains  snow  chairlift  skis  skiers  sledding  children  birds  cigarette  newspaper  plane  airport  leisure 
source of funding Polish Film Institute