Henryk Bista Movies

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...

A continuation of the story "Oko proroka", which ended with the sale of a mysterious jewel and the purchase by the Bystry family of an inn near...

The story of famous Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis.

The life of a grumpy 40-year-old man living with his wife in a high-rise block. Every day is like the other - quarrels over dinner, taking out...

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...

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...

Story of four people in Sopot in 1933, mysteriously brought together to an old villa to reenact a murder ritual that took place 36 years earlier.

Set during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit...

A small town located right in the middle of Europe, but in reality probably at the end of the world. It is dominated by the depressing atmosphere of...

World War II. The Germans enter Sosnowiec, which complicates the relationship between the three friendly children.

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

Told as a film within the film, the story concerns an aging actress. Ewa is a flamboyant, pushy actress whose career and love life have come to a...

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

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

Based on a short story by Andrzej Mencwel. Somewhere in Poland, spring 1980. Julian S. is an intelligent young man with a lot of interests. After...

Laguna was once a great soccer player whose career was interrupted by an injury. He spent years climbing the ranks to become an international...

Panoramic view of a resort town in the summer of 1930. In seventeen episodes we get a glimpse at the microcosm of its colourful inhabitants and...

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...