Henryk Bista Movies

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...

Film about the famous Battle of Vienna and the events surrounding it.

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

Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their...

Most important events of November Uprising in Poland.

The trio of adventurous pals, a man who is a scientist, a fine lady and a former military pilot are in the Indochina jungles looking for some...

A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys. The police comissioner ends up tracing the clues to his own home,...

A sleepy provincial town with only one "Błysk" bar. If it weren't for the nearby prison, it would be forgotten to the world. This is how guests...

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...

Lavish romantic melodrama, obsessively concerned with sex. Maryska's husband is off to war. He soon is reported missing, and she does not protest...

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...

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

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

The nouveau riche chinchilla breeder hires a painter-portraitist.

Set in the 60's in a provincial town: four high school teenagers approach graduation, but all they think about are The Beatles.

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...