Movies by Henryk Bista

Farewell to Autumn

Farewell to Autumn

Decadence, homosexuality, excess wealth, infidelity, alcoholism and drugs all played a major role in the decline of aristocracy.

Nie było słońca tej wiosny

Nie było słońca tej wiosny

A Jewish woman escaping from a transport helps a family poisoned by carbon monoxide. The young host decides to hide the girl.

An Immoral Story

An Immoral Story

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 dead end. She lives in a faceless housing development. She is totally engrossed in herself and dreams of making a comeback as a singer. But her overbearing personality time after time sets her into conflict with those she tries to work with in the theater and her bedroom.

Decalogue X

Decalogue X

Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness. The more involved the brothers get in their father’s world, the more dire and comical their situation becomes.

A Time for Witches

A Time for Witches

Twenty years old prostitute and drug addict, Jola, by chance meets Andrzej, a "railway station gay". They try to stay together, in spite of numerous diffculties. They both are carriers of the HIV virus. At the end of their travels they find themselves in the Red Palace - formerly the recreation centre for Party dignitaries, now a home for AIDS sufferers - which is run by father Jan. In the nearby small town aggression begins to grow again the unwanted guests; the house have been promised to the local people for housing purposes... The lives ...

Mr. Blot in Space

Mr. Blot in Space

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 years ago. During the night, the computer awakes itself and tells the children a story that will happen in 25 years...

Hospital of the Transfiguration

Hospital of the Transfiguration

Shortly after the beginning of World War 2 a young idealist doctor is employed in a psychiatric hospital, where his notions of proper care for the patients are challenged by staff and the German occupation.

The Little Apocalypse

The Little Apocalypse

An unknown Polish writer can't publish his novels, so his ex-wife decides to help him and get some of the profit for herself. She finally finds a publisher, but there's a strange single condition that could cost the writer his life.

Kraj świata

Kraj świata

TV movie directed by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz.

Yesterday

Yesterday

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

Stacja

Stacja

The 8th Plenum of the PZPR is underway. Passengers waiting for a train learn that their traffic has stopped.

Męskie sprawy

Męskie sprawy

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

Green Years

Green Years

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

Tango

Tango

A TV adaptation of Sławomir Mrożek's play, about a family whose rejection of traditional values leads to erosion of their daily lives and Artur's, the youngest one's efforts to reinstate rules in the house.

The Faithful River

The Faithful River

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 of insurgents have been wiped out and only one survived, but badly wounded. He eventually finds shelter and care from a landsteward's daughter, hiding in a burned-out manor with an old servant.

Koniec sezonu na lody

Koniec sezonu na lody

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 Lieutenant Joanna Szczęsna from the voivodeship headquarters.

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

A television staging of the 1941 Brecht play, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.