Winter from „The Four Seasons”

An animated film made in combined technique to the music of Antonio Vivaldi “Winter”, the fourth part of the concert “The Four Seasons”, has been inspired by the author as  a tale about the most important periods in human life. The picture combines the elements of the winter landscape with the old age emphasising their pathetic nature and close relationship. The nature and biological existence are used as a pretext for philosophical thoughts on the meaning of life.

Directed, screenplay, artwork and animated by Wiesław Bober
Music composed by Antonio Vivaldi (Concerto No. 1 in F minor Op. 8 No. 4 Largo, Allegro)
Music performed by Polish Radio & Television Chamber Orchestra – Poznań, conducted by Agnieszka Duczmal, Jerzy Milewski – violin
Photography by Zbigniew Kotecki
Editing by Henryka Sitek
Sound by Wiesław Nowak
Produced by Elżbieta Nowisz
Combined animation, 35 mm, colour, 146 m, 05:20′, format 4:3,
Date of production: 19.12.1990 © TV SFA-TVP SA

AWARDS:
DIPLOMA for the film direction, International Festival of Animated Films for Children – Biennial of Animation BAB’99, Bratislava, Slovakia / 1999
HIGH COMMENDATION for the film direction, International Film Festival of the Slavonic and the Orthodox Church Nations ‘Golden Knight’, Minsk, Belarus / 1996