Henryk Bista Movies

Two death row prisoners willingly confess to more murders to delay their execution. A TV adaptation of Janusz Krasiński's play.

The story of famous Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis.

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

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

An introverted, experienced doctor is the director of a mental hospital. Despite his friendly nature, he has long been no longer appreciated by 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...

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...

Dagny Juell was the doctors daughter who left Kongsvinger for Berlin to study music, and became famous painter Edvard Munchs mistress and model. Than...

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...

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

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

Atanazy Bazakbal navigates a destructive love triangle between his innocent fiancée Zofia and the decadent Hela Bertz while seeking meaning...

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

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

A group of juvenile delinquents working in a shipyard try to clear themselves of a false accusation.

Two teenagers try to live together as adults, but new responsibilities overwhelm them.

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