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...

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 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,...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

World War II. Lieutenant Bogdan Mayer is tasked with delivering a sample of valuable metal alloy from Warsaw to London.

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...

Tensions rise between a crew of a submarine when an accident causes it to settle at the bottom of the sea.

The owner of an ice cream parlor in a coastal town is murdered. The investigation is conducted by platoon leader Rogowski, but soon he is joined by...

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

It's Christmas, and children at an orphanage in Maliszewo receive a computer that was given to them by another orphan who used to live there many...

Young artist arrives at Zakopane and meets local people.

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...

A young Varsovian runs away from the Nazi’s attack on the East. He falls into the hands of the NKVD. Suspected of espionage, he ends up in a...