Henryk Bista Movies

In difficult times of political and social change, a mother raises four sons alone.

Young residents of a town near Poznań are getting ready to fight the Germans.

As high school students put on a politically-engaged school play, tensions begin to rise between them and their headmaster. The conflict seems to...

The film tells the story of a regiment of Hungarian hussars stationed in Poland. The hussars, mostly ordinary men, have heard news of the uprising...

Looking for a place to conduct research, docent Marek and his family move into an old villa where strange events take place.

Two teenagers try to live together as adults, but new responsibilities overwhelm them.

Dagny Juell was the doctors daughter who left Kongsvinger for Berlin to study music, and became famous painter Edvard Munchs mistress and model. Than...

A grotesque Shakespearean tale of Ubu who comes to power in a bloody way. When his absurd reforms fail and the treasury gets empty, Ubu and his...

A young landowner, fascinated by billiard, falls into the trap of gambling

The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young...

Most important events of November Uprising in Poland.

A descendant of a noble family takes the side of the proletariat, fighting against the mistreatment of factory owners and the oppresion from the Tsar...

After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its...

Thais, an Egyptian courtesan, is converted to a life of a penitant by Paphnutius, a holy man. She is taken to a convent in the desert and lives her...

A young couple arrives to the palace, where years ago the Countess Julia, She-Wolf was terrorising its inhabitants. Soon the ghost of the Countess...

The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing...

Main character, Rysiek, tries to live through dangerous times of war-torn and later stalinist Poland.

The protagonist of the film is Wojtek, who works in finding amber. One day, someone attacks him and steals a whole bag of them. Wojtek decides to...

A Russian investigator is demoted after a young PPS militia escapes from Poland and vows revenge.

An introverted, experienced doctor is the director of a mental hospital. Despite his friendly nature, he has long been no longer appreciated by the...