Henryk Bista Movies

In the beginning of the Second World War, Germans, Austrians and persons without nationality living in France are sent to the concentration camp of...

Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure...

During the "winter of the century," impatient passengers wait for the train to arrive at the station in Koluszki. Railway communications are...

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...

An ordinary man has to do constant favors for other people in order to reserve a place for himself in a queue.

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

Young artist arrives at Zakopane and meets local people.

After a con-man is released from prison, he gradually gets back to his old tricks, but his cons grow ever more elaborate and travel steadily up the...

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...

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...

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

A young woman runs away from her home to the big city, gets a job in theatre and gets involved with shady characters.

A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in...

More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish...

In 1920s Poland, a police commissioner leads the investigation into a series of brutal murders of young boys as the case grows increasingly...

The year is 1989, and the country's first free elections in a long time are approaching. A man in a cycling cap organizes a chain of clean hands,...

Two friends recall the PRL. After serving time in jail, they took up an illegal currency exchange. Cheated by partner - they decide to take revenge....

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 story of a middle-aged Jew methodically preparing himself to be shipped off to a concentration camp. The main character, Jacob Rosenberg, is a...

The story of Finnish boxer Joni, who brings up a son Simppa from his relationship with Polish girlfriend Eva. The mother left them years ago and...