Friedrich Family Archive

collection Friedrich Family Archive
authors Tadeusz Friedrich
starring Anna Friedrich; Irena Friedrich; Felicja Schabińska-Friedrich
length 04'08
country Poland
locations Cracow, Poland 
year 1954
format 16 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0052 009
description

Tadeusz Friedrich was born on July 7, 1903, in Nowy Sącz. He was a multiple Polish champion in fencing and two-time bronze medalist at the Olympic Games: in Amsterdam (1928) and Los Angeles (1932). During his trip to the United States, he met his future wife, Felicja Schabińska (1909-1996), an outstanding athlete, multiple record holder and Polish champion. He took part in the Warsaw Uprising. After ending his sports career, he got involved in coaching at several fencing clubs in Kraków. Photography was his passion. In his free time, he documented family life with a 16mm film camera.

The film was made during a family bicycle trip in 1954. Felicja, together with her daughters, 12-year-old Irena and 10-year-old Ania, sets off from the tenement on Kremerowska Street. One of the stops along the way is a stone column with Kraków’s coat of arms. Upon reaching their destination, Felicja and the girls are having a picnic, fooling around, and practicing forward bends.

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keywords trip  bicycle  city  nature  cross  leisure time  family life  family  picnic 
source of funding Polish Film Institute