Olympics / Olimpiada

Running time: 17'

POL 1978, COL, DOC, OS, 17'

A film made during the junior ski competition in Zakopane reflects the atmosphere of the first sport struggles – the first losses, the first taste of victory, and the bitterness of failure. Children, cheered on by adults, give up their carefree pastimes to take part in “adult” competition.
Source: filmpolski.pl

 

Authors:

  • Bogdan Dziworski

    Born on the 8th of December 1941 in Łódź. One of the most important figures of Polish documentary film, cameraman, director, screenwriter, photographer, professor of film art and fine-art photography. He worked with the greatest minds of Polish cinema, with time becoming one of them himself. He graduated from the Leon Schiller Theatre and Film School in Łódź (now PWSFTViT). Cameraman for Polska Kronika Filmowa, he also worked for Wytwórna Filmów Oświatowych in Łódź and for Przedsiębiorstwo Realizacji Filmów “Zespoły Filmowe” in Warsaw. Dean of the Radio and TV Department at Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Silesian University in Katowice. Winner of many prestigious awards, author of over fifty films, as well as numerous exhibitions and photo albums.

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