Henryk Bista Movies

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,...

The young count makes a bet with his friends about who will be the first to win the favor of a girl they meet. The opportunity to meet her arises...

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

The 1920s, the southern border of Poland. Smuggler Józef Trofida is released from prison. From his friend Władek, he learns that he has...

Zbigniew Gąsior, a thirty year old singer, is a youth idol. Despite fame, money and success with women he can't neglect the emptiness in his...

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

A distinguished engineer is informed of being forcibly transferred from his current workplace to another construction site.

Januszek – the town's Casanova, returns from the army. Waiting for him at home is Blada, the mother of his future child, the daughter of the...

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

Young man frustrated with his life and pointless job becomes one of the suspects in serial killer investigation, but he suspects someone else...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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

In 1943, Ewa decides to take care of her Jewish neighbour's daughter and brings her home just for a few days. When the ghetto uprising begins, the...

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

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...

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...