Małanicz Family Archive

collection Małanicz Family Archive
authors Eugeniusz Małanicz (?); Janusz Małanicz (?)
length 0:04:35
year 1980-1990
format 8 mm
color color
signature PAFD 0039 107
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 by Eugeniusz Małanicz or his son (Janusz) probably in the 80s. A mosaic of genre scenes from a seaside town – shots of landscape and people on the beach swimming on an air mattress. 

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keywords sea  beach  mattress  nature  summer  leisure 
source of funding Polish Film Institute