Friedrich Family Archive

collection Friedrich Family Archive
authors Tadeusz Friedrich
starring Irena Friedrich
length 03'01
country Poland
locations Myślenice, Poland 
year 1972
format 16 mm
color color
signature PAFD 0052 017
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 in 1972 during holidays in Myślenice. Irena, the elder daughter of Tadeusz and Felicja, is bathing her son Andrzej in a small tub placed on the balcony. The boy is playing with a rattle in his crib.

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keywords bathtub  crib  child  family life  motherhood  rattle  bath 
source of funding Polish Film Institute