A Walk in the Clouds / Spacer wsrd chmur (1967) dir. Janusz Kidawa

A balloon flight with Zbigniew Burzyński, the pioneer of ballooning in our country, and his wife became a great opportunity to take picturesque shots of the Polish landscape from a bird’s eye view. Zbigniew Burzyński (1902-1971) is the pioneer of ballooning in Poland, a balloon constructor and double winner of the Gordon Cup – the International Ballooning Competition. In the 1960s, he tried to reactivate the discipline, for example in Czechoslovakia. A balloon flight with Burzyński and his wife became a great opportunity to take picturesque shots of the Polish landscape from a bird’s eye view. From the ground, soldiers, farmers and children send greetings to the couple. The human world seems to be idyllic. It looks like a part of the greater world order, friendly to those who dared to soar up. Janusz Kidawa, the director of the film, made several dozen documentaries (“Pierwsza zmiana“ 1962), but he won a lot of prizes thanks to his travel films (“Sam wśród ptaków“ 1971). “Spacer w chmurach“ won the Special Award at the Tourist Film Competition and the Audience Award at the Travel and Tourist Film Festival in Warsaw (1968). In addition to that, it also won an honorable mention at the Sport Films Tournament in Zakopane (1970).