Cypryjańscy Family Archive

collection Cypryjańscy Family Archive
authors Ryszard Cypryjański
starring Henryka Cypryjańska; Jacek Cypryjański; Józef Cypryjański; Ryszard Cypryjański; Benita Zagrodna; Bruno Zagrodny; Sylwia Zagrodna
length 0:02:51
country Poland
locations Gryfice, Poland  Szczecin, Poland 
year 1971; 1975–1976
format 8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0045 002
description

Ryszard Cypryjański documented his family life with a camera borrowed from a colleague at the Selfa Electroheating Production Plant in Szczecin. 

Part 1

The film was made in the summer of 1971. Five-year-old Jacek (Ryszard’s son) spends summer with his grandparents in Gryfice. The boy walks in a park and crosses a footbridge on Strzelecka Street on the Reda River. On the river, we can see a weir and a historic nineteenth-century mill complex. Jacek plays with his mother (Henryka) and a cat at his grandparents’ gardening farm on Kamieńska Street. Józef (Jacek’s grandfather) in a hat goes through the yard with a bucket. Family members watch a horse (named Berek) eat. 

Part 2

The film was made around 1975 or 1976 in Szczecin. Ryszard and Henryka together with Benita Zagrodna (Henryka’s cousin), her husband (Bruno) and their daughter (Sylwia) walk along the Boulevard of Chrobry on the Oder River. In the background, we can see the moored “Łużyca” – a training ship of the Maritime University (now the Maritime Academy) in Szczecin. 

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keywords holidays  summer  farm  horse  cat  fun  child  childhood  river  mill  weir  ship  walk  leisure  family  family life 
source of funding Polish Film Institute