The first Wednesday of the month is traditionally the day on which screenings of the "Elbląg on the big screen" series, organised since 2006, take place. The heroes of the next meeting will be two characters from two different eras: Mieczysław Łabęcki - the last retman in Poland, who brought the Elbląg rafting with the Elbląg Canal last summer, and Marian Wieleżyński, a chemical engineer from the times of the Second Republic of Poland, creator of the first natural gas exploitation installations in the world.
The film "Retman" was made during the First Elbląg Canal Flis. Its protagonist, Mieczysław Łabęcki from Ulanów nad Sanem, is the last retman in Poland who led long-distance timber floats down Polish waterways.
In the film, he talks about the now-forgotten profession of the raftsman and the tradition of floating timber and grain down the Vistula River to Elblag and Gdansk. It recalls the old songs and customs of the rafters. And all this against the backdrop of the beautiful landscape of the Elbląg Canal.
The second film, screened on Wednesday, tells the story of Marian Wieleżyński, a continuator of Ignacy Łukasiewicz's work, a great patriot, inventor and visionary, the father of the Polish gas industry, and also the creator of "Gazolina", the first company in Poland based on employee shareholding. It is a fictionalized documentary, directed by Mariusz Bonaszewski, in which the main roles are played by: Wojciech Zielinski, Dawid Czupryński, Anna Cieślak, Krzysztof Jasiński and Marcin Kwaśny. Shot in the picturesque landscapes of the Podkarpacie region, the moving and uplifting film was produced by the local TV station "Obiektyw" from Krosno.
We invite you to the screening on Wednesday, 1 March at 6 p.m. at Światowid Cinema. The organisers of the "Elbląg on the big screen" series are the Centrum Spotkań Europejskich "Światowid" and TRUSO.TV television, partners are the Elbląg Cultural Association, the Polish Historical Association in Elbląg and the Association of Polish Local and Regional Television in Elbląg.
The media patron is Elbląska Gazeta Internetowa portel.pl. Admission free.